Tui
Photo by Vandy Pollard
You can see this Tuis brush tipped tongue as he momentarily pauses from feeding on the yellow Harakeke pollen. The preferred diet of Tui is nectar and honeydew, and they will often shift to, or commute more than 10 km daily to good nectar sources such as Kowhai, Flax, Rata, Pohutukawa, Gums and Banksias. In breeding season, Tui supplement their nectar diet with Cicadas and Stick insects. They play an important role in the dynamics of NZ forests as they are one of the most common pollinators of flowering plants and also disperse the seeds of trees with medium sized fruits. 5D iv
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
