Red Wattlebird Eating Red Apples  ง(•▽•)ง
Channel: zuditaka
Date: 2014-09-13

This Red Wattlebird  (Anthochaera carunculata) is obviously enjoying munching "Delicious" apples. This fruit would surely be better for the bird than highly refined white sugar in a syrup bird feeder. So, on reflection, would putting pure apple juice, instead of sugar water, in a bird feeder for honeyeaters, be a good idea? (Of course, yes, I know that a feeder bottle should be sterilised every day. And, yes, too, I know we should be planting trees and shrubs as food sources for birds--nectar from flowers; and fruits and berries.)

I am beginning to get better at bird identification, though I am no ornithologist. Also, having a good telescopic lens on my camera helps us to see the birds in detail up close.

The Red Wattlebirds certainly do appear to have the distinct fleshy reddish wattles on either side of their necks. I hope they will come back again, often, to feed on the nectar producing flowers and trees I have grown specially for them in my garden!

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