Feeding: Jacky Winters dart out from a perch to snatch at flying insects, returning to the same perch again. They dive and twist in the air, hovering and grabbing at insects.

Jacky Winters, Microeca fascinans, are one of the only Australian songbirds to call so vigorously during winter. They are small insect eaters with three sub-species that live on mainland Australia and in south east New Guinea. A good place to spot this small, grey-brown bird is perched on a dead branch, stump, post, fence, or wire.

2021年2月24日 · Make a bird feeder to attract birds to your backyard. Make a nest by using natural materials found on a bushwalk. Explore bird nests with the Nest Task Cards.

2018年7月8日 · Jacky Winters are paler in their colouring in the north of Australia compared to the south and flit about as they chase insects making them hard to photograph. The Jacky Winter had been named Brown Flycatcher until 1926 when it was changed on the Checklist of the Birds of Australia by the RAOU.

2024年3月3日 · The Jacky winter is a bird that is familiar to most rural areas of the country. There are many similarities between this species and the Lemon-bellied Flycatcher in terms of feeding niche and habitat, but in the north of the country, it prefers more …

With a length of approximately 14 centimeters, the Jacky Winter possesses a plump body, short wings, and a distinctive white eyebrow patch, which contrasts with its dark gray-brown plumage. In terms of diet, the Jacky Winter predominantly feeds on insects and spiders. It is an adept aerial forager, often catching its prey mid-flight.

Jacky Winters are most easily found in wintertime, when they can often be observed hunting from fencelines around houses and farms. Their calls very early on winter mornings draw attention to their presence. Jacky Winters, race "fascinans", are autumn/winter residents where we lived until 2006, 20 km South of Narrabri, NSW.

The sequence of photos below shows how a Jacky Winter brings in food, feeds a chick, waits for a few seconds and then sits on the nest. The short wait is for "any other business" - in case a rear is raised and excrement produced, the adult bird will carry away the sac before returning to the nest to warm the chicks.

Small Australian robin, gray-brown above and pale below; often swings tail side to side when perched. Dark tail with prominent white outer tail feathers, absent in similar Kimberley subspecies of Lemon-bellied Flyrobin. Female Hooded Robin …

In general, birds that eat seeds come to feeders in winter. These include finches, chickadees, sparrows, nuthatches, cardinals, jays, goldfinches, juncos, doves, grosbeaks, titmouses, starlings, and siskins. Birds that eat suet also come to feeders in winter: woodpeckers, bushtits, wrens, warblers, and kinglets.