 The noisy miner primarily eats nectar , fruit and insects , and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians . It is both arboreal and terrestrial , feeding in the canopy of trees and on trunks and branches and on the ground . It forages within the colony 's territory throughout the year , usually in groups of five to eight birds although hundreds may gather at a stand of flowering trees such as banksia . The noisy miner collects nectar directly from flowers , hanging upside down or straddling thin branches acrobatically to access the nectar ; it takes fruit from trees or fallen on the ground ; gleans or hawks for invertebrates ; and picks through leaf litter for insects . It has been recorded turning over the dried droppings of emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ) and eastern grey kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus ) searching for insects . 
 The noisy miner primarily <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>eats</mark></a> nectar , fruit and insects , and occasionally it <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>feeds</mark></a> on small reptiles or amphibians . It <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>both arboreal and terrestrial , feeding in the canopy of trees and on trunks and branches and on the ground . It <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>forages</mark></a> within the colony <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>territory throughout the year , usually in groups of five to eight birds although hundreds may gather at a stand of flowering trees such as banksia . The noisy miner <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>collects</mark></a> nectar directly from flowers , hanging upside down or straddling thin branches acrobatically to access the nectar ; it <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>takes</mark></a> fruit from trees or fallen on the ground ; gleans or hawks for invertebrates ; and picks through leaf litter for insects . It <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>has</mark></a> been recorded turning over the dried droppings of emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ) and eastern grey kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus ) searching for insects . 
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