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THE EASTERN SPINEBILL – aka COBBLER’S AWL 😎

On April 4, 2025   /   Birds and Gardens, Blue Mountains   /   2 Comments
Tags: Australian Birds, Banksia Serrata, Cobbler's awls, Eastern Spinebills
THE EASTERN SPINEBILL - aka COBBLER'S AWL 😎

Draw some little legs on a wooden handled cobbler’s awl (even with my lack of skill)  and you would have something  resembling an Eastern Spinebill.   In the old days they were  often referred to as Cobbler’s Awl Birds, and I’m sure that beak could pierce boot

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