Name: Glen Ingram Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a) (Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk
Looks wicked, Ann, but it is just for putting the head deep into flowers and fruit and for not getting any feathers clogged and matted. They have large brush tongues like those of lorikeets and woodswallows for collecting nectar.
The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.