striated pardalote
male striated pardalote busy digging a burrow in a sapphire hole alongside of me using a root stalk to anchor himself to for purchase as the wash is very compact and tight an alluvial layer deposited over a million years ago but it didnt stop him from digging a good size burrow completely disappearing into the hole, also on the central queensland gemfields a brilliant place for a gemstone and/or birdwatching holiday
The striated pardalote is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops.
Similar species: Perching Birds
By Jef braund
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Uploaded Mar 7, 2014. Captured Jul 13, 2009 23:44 in LOT 1 Keilambete Road, The Gemfields QLD 4702, Australia.
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