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Nectarinia jugularis
Small bird 10-12cms, with comparatively long curved beak. Sunbirds love to build their nests on hanging items. This nest was built on a loose piece of clothes line under the eaves of my house. On one occasion the nest blew around in a strong breeze and one of the eggs fell out onto the tiles. During the next breeding season an Australian Magpie-lark (Peewee) attacked the nest which resulted in all the eggs being broken. In the 2 photos, the breeding was a success. Both mum (pic 1) and dad (pic 2 - throat and breast iridescent dark blue) were very attentive, keeping a constant supply of food to the babies. It was a happy day to see the fledglings.
Suburban backyard, nest hanging under the eaves.
Spotted on Apr 21, 2009
Submitted on Mar 8, 2013
11 Comments
Amazing pics, Andrea. Just beautiful!!!
very unusual species
awesome spot!
Very sweet! Nice nest!
Thank you for the comments everyone, and thanks for the tip Ava, I have added it to the Animal Architecture mission. Cheers!
Gorgeous photos! Well done!
Terrific! So adorable! Great timing!
Super !
Please consider adding this terrific spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Nice capture. You have the male and female in your two shots attending to their young. The first shot is a female.
very nice,,
So Cute!