Thursday, January 11, 2018

IN A FOREST OF FOOD, NERDY FRIAR TUCKS INTO FIJIAN TREAT

Helmeted Friarbird, a honeyeater , making the most   of  nectar in bunches  of seeds in a  Fiji Fan Palm . The bird  makes  a variety of  calls  which, according to Birds of Magnetic Island, by Jo Wieneke , containing line drawings by George Hirst ,  are    "watch out , watch out", "national park, national  park " and,  appearing   to  be  au fait  about  computers , loudly squawks  "spellcheck, spellcheck."