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Vik's Gallery: Eastern Spinebill (1/7)
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Kamarooka State Park, VIC (Jun, 2012)
This Eastern Spinebill's lovely long curved bill displays ample evidence that it found a good source of pollen somewhere. When it came past me this bird was looking for insects, evidently balancing a meal of veggies with a some meat.
Eastern Spinebill after a feed
Eastern Spinebill on Banksia
Amongst the Fuschias
Juvenile Eastern Spinebill
Juvenile Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Spinebill in the bush
Juvenile Eastern Spinebill