This baby noisy miner bird is looking hopefully at his Mum as she was picking the food, I had thrown to her in the hope that he was the next one to be fed.
Mr and Mrs Noisy Miner have two babies they are feeding and are run ragged by the two babies who spend a lot of time squawking for attention.
I do feel sorry for noisy miners sometimes. They are native Australian birds and belong to the honeyeater family and occasionally get mistaken for the Common Myna aka Indian Myna birds that are native to Asia, even though these birds are grey, and the Common Mynas are dark brown. Maybe it is because they both have yellow eyes that people confuse them with each other.
People say that noisy miners are aggressive, but they always seem to be pretty well behaved in our garden and don't fight with other birds.
Maybe it is because all the birds who visit our garden are well fed, and they have discovered they don't need to fight for attention. They have all got me well trained.
Terrific photograph. It scared the xxx out of me when it popped up on the screen.
I will admit that I thought the noisy miner and Indian miner were the same. Sorry.
Well, you learn something new every day- especially on 365! I had no idea there were "miner" and "myna" birds! I won't make that mistake anymore. He looks sweet- until he opens his beak I suppose! Good shot.
I will admit that I thought the noisy miner and Indian miner were the same. Sorry.
Very pretty bird the eye is beautiful.
Great capture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdj-TZxjS0I