I often see birds sitting near flowers when I guide tourists in the forest. Most of them are small birds. Coconut lorikeet, large fig parrot, black-capped lory, black sunbird, olive-backed sunbird are the ones that feed of the nectar of flowers. I have got some pictures of them.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVYvVCYPuCcggqEd_bJeKQLkn1RM9PsNCp0SwIV8L6KPXM7djAu1EbyLF7g42Nsu6w08pbEcuAONff19XrUn25DCY0ayx0CfeyXJ21pf_NP5Nm9zSVinndkDZkiyNL4T6mcJzCBS88jzA/s320-rw/black-capped-lory-in-senopi-forest.jpg) |
Black-capped Lory in a flowering tree of rainforest |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wQ9U03vMKXrbD1K_V3DeieR1yL5rUzEh-keUS7uGD1gz_qb2VbJBP6BE-wqSpMvTT4O1QFl5oaSMt-7G2nvIJ1uIAZMiqs73r4M-bjwWM7nNrPqkbv7xBJHNUyXdpe6WZSK0_UJ9-68D/s320-rw/sahul-sunbird-in-tounelet-village-of-sonder-minahasa.jpg) |
Olive-backed Sunbird in the flowers of Papaya tree |
Olive-backed Sunbird is quite unique. It can hover like a helicopter. At first, I did not pay attention until I met some Australian tourists who told me about it. After that when I went birdwatching again, in the coastal area, I saw that behavior.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGqQdCZXuhKgqQ1UPsBAKwdB-eyPeafnpjuCAK8pkM0aAs7VW6kYpPSXmn1h-dGmR-a9oanMuiysouJX6Z3xgZIRDu9tJqGNQPL1QQArYvsCbQ34Ha6hZz1sleWykRONi56w4Hu3DyGDa/s320-rw/sunbird-eating-nectar.jpg) |
Female Olive-backed Sunbird |
In higher elevation forest, more smaller birds can be seen. Some of them include Papuan Flycatcher, Spectacled Longbill, and etc.
Also read:
1 comment:
Thank you. When the "Covid Storm" is over, I hope you could visit West Papua to enjoy birding here.
Post a Comment