Looking for Red Wattlebirds
Channel: zuditaka
Date: 2014-07-09

I've been trying to get quality close-up footage of the Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) for weeks now; but they usually spend most of their time up high in the treetops (and out of view); sucking nectar from gumblossom.

Today, though, I managed to attract Red Wattlebirds with a small bottle of sugar syrup suspended in a native White Cypress tree. Of course, the larger Red Wattlebirds easily drove off the smaller Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters (Acanthagenys rufogularis).

 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 Wattle birds 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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