"Sticky Beak"

Yellow Eastern Robins are among the first birds to be heard at dawn.

Eastern Yellow Robins feed on insects, spiders and other arthropods. These are caught mostly on the ground, and are pounced on from a low perch. Some handouts are also taken at picnic areas. Birds normally feed alone, but may also be seen in pairs or small family groups.

The voice includes a variety of high bell-like piping, a repeated 'chop chop' and some scolding notes.

During breeding season, breeding pairs of Eastern Robins may lay up to three clutches of eggs. The female builds the nest and incubates the eggs. The nest is a woven cup of bark, grasses and other vegetation, bound together with spider web and lined with finer material and leaves. It is normally built in an upright tree fork, up to 20 m above the ground, but usually within 5 m. Both parents, and sometimes some other helpers, care for the young birds.

Eastern Yellow Robins are inquisitive and confident with humans, often taking handouts of food from picnickers.

REFERENECED FROM: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/eastern-yellow-robin-eopsaltria-australis/