It comes from their song, they can sound like a bell. Their Maori name is Korimako.
Cheers, Dave > On Aug 11, 2022, at 6:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why are they called bellbirds? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:59 AM David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's a banksia which is part of the protea family. >> >> That tree's quite misshapen and leaning badly due to being grown over by >> larger trees so we're likely to remove it at some stage. I'm wanting to >> plant another in its place because it's nice having bellbirds around. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >>> On Aug 10, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Nice! Is that a Bottlebrush Protea? >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >>> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a >>>> bellbird who visited our garden this morning. >>>> >>>> It was about -4°C this morning. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1188/#peso >>>> >>>> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6 >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Dave >>>> -- >>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
