When we were in Hart's Range (215km NE of Alice Springs), we had a male
Mistletoebird fly into our sprinkler during an assembly at school (causing all
sorts of excitement as I am sure you could gather) and sit there for a long
time, perhaps five minutes, until I became concerned. It let me catch him with
my hands and was passive as I put it in a box for some quiet time in the
air-conditioned office. I thought it might be on a downward spiral, but once
it dried off, it regained some of its spunk and flew off, once released, to a
nearby perch before departing--seemed fine! The day wasn't super hot (low-mid
thirties, rather than forties).
Cheers
Stuart
Dr Stuart Cooney
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On Behalf Of Del Richards
Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:46 AM
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Subject: Thirsty Mistletoe Bird.
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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