Here's another feeding observation that I've been meaning to post for
a while. On 28th June we watched a pair of Rockwarblers for some
time, pecking at something on the ground at the side of a vehicular
track on Narrow Neck peninsula near Katoomba. There was no visible
food, no ants or other invertebrates, but as it was under a stand of
tea-tree (Leptospermum sp.) we examined the seed-capsules on the
bushes. Many of them had opened so I think it was most likely that
the birds were picking up tiny seeds that had fallen onto the ground.
The only other possibility is that they were eating sand or grit.
Rockwarblers are known to eat seeds occasionally but Leptospermum
seeds are not listed in HANZAB as a known food.
Cheers,
Carol
Carol Probets
Katoomba
Blue Mountains, NSW
http://www.bmbirding.com.au
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