meeting a clever pooper

Isn't Mother Nature amazing?
the Australian native mistletoe bird helps the mistletoe to survive by eating the seed pods, then backing up to the trunk or a fork in a branch and waving their butt back and forwards while they poop. this helps to stick the poop to the spot, and provides a compost pile of nutrient for the seeds to germinate from and so a new clump of mistletoe to grow.

[Chris Cook]

How very interesting. It is amazing how nature works. Humans could take some tips about cooperation.

[Diana]

Oh how amazing is mother nature! I have always wondered why and how they grow, thanks for the clarification.

[Christina]

Beautiful shot

[Issi Bannerman]

So clever, and very interesting. Thought for a minute that was the bird's name, though. The Clever Pooper. A rename is perhaps in order - so much more fun than Mistletoe Bird! ;-)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Clever piece of nature !

[Mags]

A lovely capture of your little pooper. =)

[Lou Ann]

Oh my goodness. Never knew how mistletoe spread in a tree!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot.

[Joanne Diochon]

Sometimes I wonder about the evolution theory. Hard to figure out how evolution would result in such a specific behaviour as this.
Nice capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely

[Julie Duncan]

That is fascinating! Scruffy, but cute little bird! :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Sweet capture.

[Mallory]

Such pretty light

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@gardencat easy to understand for me - millions of things figured out a way to survive and many more millions didn't and died out :)

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@juliedduncan yeah they normally look very sleek, but it had just finished raining quite a lot ;)

[Paula Fontanini]

Mother Nature is definitely amazing! I've never heard of this bird or it's strange habits! Awesome capture and interesting facts!

[LManning (Laura)]

Interesting info on this little guy! I'm always amazed by the very specific interconnections in nature.

[Rob Z]

Nice catch. One of our favourite birds...

[Pat]

A great capture and fascinating facts! Isn’t nature awesome!

[gloria jones]

Nice capture

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Hard to believe it all happened randomly but either way it takes faith to believe. What an interesting relationship between the bird and the mistletoe and a very nice shot!

[wendy frost]

A lovely capture and little bird with it's red chin. It is doing a great job making sure you have mistleltoe growing in the trees.

[Bill]

Birds have such interesting behaviors.

[Rick]

Great shot. Never would have thought that this would be a useful reason for them to p%&#. :-)

[Dorothy]

Thank you for sharing this very interesting information!

[Sue Cooper]

A sweet little bird and interesting information.