I have seen Regent Bowerbirds sitting in the top of a large tree catching
flying insects west of Kemspey.
I have an image here: http://www.pbase.com/davidstowe/regent_bowerbird
Not flying ants but along the same lines. If anyone can confirm if they are
bees and also the tree i'd really appreciate it!
Cheers
Dave
On 07/10/2010, at 8:32 AM, michael wood wrote:
>
> Gooday Tim
> I couldn't tell you whether flying ants are part of the diet of bowerbirds or
> figbirds. I imagine they would be. It certainly sounds like your birds have
> had some experience at hawking them.
> But I do recall a time when I visited a spot called Highfields Falls, not far
> north of Toowoomba, Queensland, a few years ago. Just after I arrived, a
> short, heavy shower fell and almost immediately afterwards there were flying
> ants everywhere. They were so thick that one bird, a Lewin's Honeyeater,
> didn't even move off its perch to snatch them up. It just sat back, opened
> and closed its beak every now and then and acquired its fill that way. It
> seemed the most sensible way to go about feeding at the time.
> Michael W
>
>
> Tim Morris wrote:"This evening when the rains cleared the flying ants were
> swarming and the local
> birds enjoyed the opportunity with Dollarbirds, Little Wattlebirds, a Grey
> Butcherbird, a Black Faced Cuckooshrike, Noisy Miners and a Spangled Drongo
> all
> hawking for the flying ants".
>
> "However they were also joined by Satin Bowerbirds and Figbirds who seemed to
> be
> making the most of the change of diet. The Bowerbirds weren't the most agile
> of
> hawkers however they seemed to know what they were doing. This is the second
> time I have seen them feeding on flying ants. I haven't got access to HANZAB
> and was wondering if flying ants are recorded as part of the Figbirds and
> Bowerbird diet?"
>
> Tim
>
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