Whilst guiding last week we were watching a borrow pit near Lake
Mitchell north of Mareeba waiting to observe visiting species.
A male Mistleote Bird flew in to the edge of the water with a
White-throated Honeyeater. The former was very tenative in all it's
movements. After some minutes it landed on a twig above the water and
needed to stretch vertically to reach the water. It "sipped" the surface
seven times seemingly only barely touching the water. Then it flew off.
In over half a century of observing this is my first record of a
Mistletoe Bird coming to drink. Have any other observers experienced the
same behavior?
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman, NQ.
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