Everybody loves the flax flowers. Starlings are enjoying them.

But I think my favourites are the little native Tauhou who prefer to feed upside down.

known to spread seeds of native trees, shrubs, including kahikatea, coprosmas … assist with pollination of … kowhai, fuchsia

Starling on a flax flower. Tiny greenish bird standing on a branch. Tiny greenish bird holding onto a vertical branch. Tiny greenish bird hanging upside down while feeding from a flower.