BIRD

This is a Little Wattlebird perching on the neighbour's antenna. The little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), also known as the brush wattlebird, is a honeyeater, a passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in coastal and sub-coastal south-eastern Australia. It is also called "Nature's Alarm Clock" as it begins to "sing" at the very suggestion of dawn! Calls include a strident cookay-cok, a raucous fetch-the-gun, a mellow guttural yekkop, yekkop and many squeaky, musical lilting notes. The alarm call is a kwock or shnairt!

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme,

and also part of the Camera Critters meme.