#tauhou — Public Fediverse posts

The #Tauhou were on form today, using the washing for target practice.
Tbh, I’m quite impressed with their straifing action, as they only hit the fitted sheet.
#StayOnTarget

The #Tauhou were on form today, using the washing for target practice.
Tbh, I’m quite impressed with their straifing action, as they only hit the fitted sheet.
#StayOnTarget

We have an injured #Tauhou in the garden. One wing appears to be short a few feathers and at the ‘elbow’ joint there is tissue damage. It doesn’t stop it from flying, but it doesn’t fly far.

Earlier this morning when I was replacing one of the feeders it chose to remain on one of the others, within arm’s reach. And just now when doing another top-up it perched on the same branch, within centimetres of my hands. It didn’t seem at all worried. 😌

I just posted an animated gif to #iNaturalist of the hoard of silvereyes (tauhou) that visit our sugar water feeders every morning. So many little sugar junkies.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/308562364

#Zosterops #silvereye #tauhou #nz #SugarWaterFeeder #birds

I just posted an animated gif to #iNaturalist of the hoard of silvereyes (tauhou) that visit our sugar water feeders every morning. So many little sugar junkies.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/308562364

#Zosterops #silvereye #tauhou #nz #SugarWaterFeeder #birds

The #Tauhou were extra hungry this weekend. Today they managed to get through 6 litres of sugar-water!

🌏 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) #AustralasianBirds #AustralianBirds #NewZealandBirds #MelanesianBirds | #Silvereye #WaxEye #Tauhou #ZosteropsLateralis | #Silvereyes #TypicalWhiteEyes #WhiteEyes #WhiteEyeFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by pen_ash🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌏 Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) #AustralasianBirds #AustralianBirds #NewZealandBirds #MelanesianBirds | #Silvereye #WaxEye #Tauhou #ZosteropsLateralis | #Silvereyes #TypicalWhiteEyes #WhiteEyes #WhiteEyeFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by pen_ash🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Trip to the stupormarket ✔️
Now the plan is to remain indoors for the remainder of the day (except for popping out to refill the sugar water feeders) #Tauhou

Most mornings when I put the bird feeder out for the #Tauhou they’re already waiting patiently high up in the tree. This morning one was extra thirsty and attempted to land on the branch before I had the bottle in place. I’m not sure which one of us got the biggest surprise 😆

The resident #Tauhou got through 3 litres of sugar water yesterday and are already onto their second 1litre refill today!

Usually I can't get close enough to our resident #Tauhou to take a photo but this afternoon they perched in the lemon tree right outside the kitchen window. 😀

Here is a tauhou that had just had a nibble at the feeder and was wiping its beak.

#bird #tauhou #Canon

Here is a tauhou that had just had a nibble at the feeder and was wiping its beak.

#bird #tauhou #Canon

Just a few coin purses fused and cut.
Next up: fuse the labels then overlock the edges, then sew them up, and finally, trim, turn and press.
How many do you reckon are here?
And how many did you reckon I’ll get stitched in the next 24 hours (I’ll run out of zips for some…)?

#Handmade #BuyNZMade #MadeInAotearoa #Sewing #Purses #NZNative #Birds #kereru #kea #weka #tui #ruru #tauhou #kakariki #kaka

Intrigued by the joint foraging behaviour of #pīwakawaka and #tauhou. Pīwakawaka work along the edge of and swoop out into an open area from perch to perch at a height of 2m or so; little groups of tauhou stay much more within foliage, but often move in parallel

Intrigued by the joint foraging behaviour of #pīwakawaka and #tauhou. Pīwakawaka work along the edge of and swoop out into an open area from perch to perch at a height of 2m or so; little groups of tauhou stay much more within foliage, but often move in parallel

#tauhou came onto the little lemon tree right outside the sliding door this morning! #garden

#tauhou came onto the little lemon tree right outside the sliding door this morning! #garden

Really good fledging rate for #tauhou in the #garden this spring (they nested in the back hedge of mixed tarata/kōhūhū). Also heard a #riroriro this morning.

Really good fledging rate for #tauhou in the #garden this spring (they nested in the back hedge of mixed tarata/kōhūhū). Also heard a #riroriro this morning.