davidrjohn1(AKA THE DIPPER)
bananaquit
It is a nectar feeder obtaining nectar from wide variety of flowers, particularly heliconias and hibiscus. The Bananaquit cannot hover like a hummingbird and so must always perch while feeding and many times hangs upside down from a branch instead of sitting upright. The bird thrusts its head between the flower petals either from above or below, and with its sharp curved beak and protrusible forked tongue it extracts the nectar stored at the base of the flower. When it encounters large flowers where the nectar is beyond the reach of the bird’s bill and tongue it pierces the base of the flower to obtain the nectar. These birds also feed on fruits, insects (small caterpillars, wasps, beetles, lantern flies, and moths) and spiders
bananaquit
It is a nectar feeder obtaining nectar from wide variety of flowers, particularly heliconias and hibiscus. The Bananaquit cannot hover like a hummingbird and so must always perch while feeding and many times hangs upside down from a branch instead of sitting upright. The bird thrusts its head between the flower petals either from above or below, and with its sharp curved beak and protrusible forked tongue it extracts the nectar stored at the base of the flower. When it encounters large flowers where the nectar is beyond the reach of the bird’s bill and tongue it pierces the base of the flower to obtain the nectar. These birds also feed on fruits, insects (small caterpillars, wasps, beetles, lantern flies, and moths) and spiders