Troglodytes troglodytes
Passeriformes - Troglodytidae
Suite de cet article.
Comme vous l'avez déjà remarqué, ce 'moustique' a été ma mascotte tout au long de cet hiver, pas un affût sans qu'il me régale de sa présence, comme un rendez-vous à ne jamais manquer, tout à fait chez lui dans ce 'buisson' aménagé pour tous les oiseaux de mon jardin, insectivores compris.
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"Zosterops pallidus00" by C. G. Finch-Davies
Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. |
Pour l'anecdote... Je fais allusion à un moustique car c'était le nom que nous avions donné en Afrique à un Zosterops virens, petit oiseau ne pesant pas plus que 10 gr à l'âge adulte tout comme le troglodyte. Alors que j'élevais à la main mes bébés perroquets en Afrique, le jardinier m'apporte un oisillon de 3/4 jours pas plus gros que l'ongle de mon pouce! Soupçonnant que j'avais affaire à un insectivore, je l'ai élevé essentiellement avec du jaune d’œuf cuit mélangé à de la mie de pain trempée dans du lait. Il avait sa petite cage presque toujours ouverte mais passait son temps sur l'épaule de l'un d'entre nous; son grand jeu était de taquiner nos perroquets, eux aussi en liberté dans la maison, avec leurs cages ouvertes. A table, il n'hésitait pas à inspecter nos dents pour y trouver des miettes intéressantes! Adulte, ce petit mâle mangeait essentiellement des vers de farine. Il ressemblait en tous points à l'oiseau du haut dans cette magnifique gravure de Finch Davies.
Eurasian wren
Follow up of this post.
As you must have noticed, this mosquito was my mascot all along this winter present at each of my hide sessions as for an unmissable rendezvous, and very much at home in this artificial bush arranged for all the different kinds of birds in my garden, including insectivores.
When I say 'mosquito', I refer to the time when I was raising baby parrots in Africa and the gardener one day brings me a chick a couple of days old not larger than my thumb nail! I immediately suspected it to be an insectivore and I fed it mainly with cooked yolk mixed with white bread crumbs as I did with my baby goldfinches. Its cage was opened most of the time and this bird spent its time on the shoulder of one of us and loved to tease the parrots also free in the house, cages opened. At mealtimes, he would check our teeth for yummy bits! Adult, he would eat mainly meal worms. He looked exactly like the top bird in the Finch Davies print above left.
As you must have noticed, this mosquito was my mascot all along this winter present at each of my hide sessions as for an unmissable rendezvous, and very much at home in this artificial bush arranged for all the different kinds of birds in my garden, including insectivores.
When I say 'mosquito', I refer to the time when I was raising baby parrots in Africa and the gardener one day brings me a chick a couple of days old not larger than my thumb nail! I immediately suspected it to be an insectivore and I fed it mainly with cooked yolk mixed with white bread crumbs as I did with my baby goldfinches. Its cage was opened most of the time and this bird spent its time on the shoulder of one of us and loved to tease the parrots also free in the house, cages opened. At mealtimes, he would check our teeth for yummy bits! Adult, he would eat mainly meal worms. He looked exactly like the top bird in the Finch Davies print above left.
