EASTERN SPINEBILLS
The winter flowers are beginning to show around our and our neighbours' houses at this time. There are native correas, wattles, a large number of euclaypyts as well as a variety of garden plants.
We have a number of spinebill families around us. Last year they were nesting in the thicker shrubs and crannies up and down the gardens of the street.
I had a one nest in the wood pile, another in a banksia rose which climbed up a bedroom wall, My neighbour had several also, one in her garden shed and another in a camellia hedge. There were plenty of young families about.
And on the sunny winter days, they are all busy feeding along with the wattle birds and other honey-eaters
Yesterday the spinebills were particularly busy in amongst the shrubs and plants. For such timy birds they are quite vocal, calling and chattering to each other. I was interested to see them so busy amongst the English flowers. I thought they would be more interested in the native plants, but one group spent a long, long time feeding on the emerging wall flowers. There must be plenty of nectar to keep them interested. Several birds had almost yellow faces from the pollen they dusted themselves with as they fed.
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