I will show you a Mousebird in a different tree today, as they normally eat in our high Palm tree.
This guy has real attitude and he knew that I was watching him.
The Red-faced Mousebird (Urocolius ineicus) landed in a Bottle brush tree.
He laughed and said; "Hahaha, thank you for the fruit mate"
Then he unceremoniuosly tucked into his breakfast.
You can see how he enjoyed the fruit.
Finally he was off again to get another fruit.
It is a real treat to watch the mousebirds in action and they are indeed beautiful birds. I think however that we are going to have some of the palm tree fruit branches removed and only keep two or three. They make a terrible mess below the tree, so now when I see the birds in the tree, I make a noise so that they can grab the fruit and fly off to eat them elsewhere. Less sweeping duties for me 😜
Note: All photos are my own and taken with a Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
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