Eastern Spinebill strange(?) behaviour

["Paul T." <>]

Howdy All,

While at work the other day at the ANBG I came across an Eastern 
Spinebill behaving somewhat unusually (well to my eye at least).  I 
have them in my own garden but have never seen them sitting on the 
ground sunning themselves, or at least that was how it 
appeared.  This bird kept returning to the same place, which is why I 
could get a photo with my standard little camera.  It would sort of 
nestle itself down into the leaves on the path then spread it's wings 
out, always within a foot of the same place.  I don't know whether it 
was sunning itself or whether it was trying to kill off lice or 
something?  I guess a lot of readers will have seen it before but it 
was something new to me and I thought that some might enjoy hearing 
about it and seeing some rather pathetic pictures of it. <grin>
I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Cheers.

Paul T.
Higgins, ACT

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