Adelaide – Bird Ecology Study Group

15 Mar 2023

Eastern Spinebill, Mount Lofty

by LW Teo | posted in: Feeding | 0

Wong Kais visited Mount Lofty, Adelaide in 2016. During the pleasant walk he heard the loud and high pitched calls of an Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris. He trained his camera on the very attractively patterned bird with a down-curved bill, an … Continued

17 Oct 2021

Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) picks up worm from ground

by LW Teo | posted in: birds, Dacelo novaeguineae, Feeding strategy, Kingfishers, laughing kookaburra | 0

The laughing kookaburra is also known as the laughing jackass in Australia. Wong Kais took a video of one such bird on the sidewalk of Adelaide North Terrace. It looked around the grass, walked up to a worm and gobbled … Continued

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