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Spotted Pardalote | Pardalotus punctatus |
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Male Spotted Pardalote
Image: 640x480, 86,750 bytes
Date & Time: 24 August 2005 11:45
Place: Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve
Male Pardalote at Nest Burrow
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Date & Time: 24 August 2005 11:50
Place: Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve
Female Pardalote at Nest Burrow
Image: 640x440, 92,268 bytes
Date & Time: 24 August 2005 11:40
Place: Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve
Spotted Pardalote Feeding
Image: 640x432, 39,459 bytes
Date & Time: 16 November 2004 14:22
Place: Chandlers Hill,
Dandenong Ranges National Park
Juvenile Spotted Pardalote
Image: 568x400, 89,651 bytes
Date & Time: 29 October 2004 12:00
Place: Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
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Spotted pardalotes are fairly common in my area of Australia but usually hard to see
because they spend most of their time high in gum trees where they feed on insects.
Unusually for birds, they often nest in holes they dig in the ground, as well as in tree hollows.
Most times I have had a good look at them is when I have walked past their nests at feeding time.
The chicks inside were chirping vigorously and glancing in that direction I see a little bird fly off into the trees.
The last two photos above were on such occasions.
The second last photo shows a parent bird perched on a branch with insects in its beak before flying down to the nest burrow.
The last photo is of a juvenile which was hanging around another nest.
Just about every time one of the parents came to feed the little ones inside the nest they chased off this one outside.
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