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Red Wattlebird

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 22 in a series

The Wattlebird is of our favourites and regular visitor when the gum trees are flowering, It is named after the wattle (earlobe) not the wattle (popular flowering tree). Linda has again done a lovely job with this drawing.

It has a very distinctive call:

More Wattlebird entries:
* At the birdbath
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds Listing
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry
* Red Wattlebird Call