Bird ID Please

I agree Rod it does, but the 2 species of Butcherbird in WA have a solid black head, but the beak looks right.


Regards

Barry H

Perhaps a juvenile of a species.

If no luck here try http://www.feathersandphotos.com.au

The beak is definitely a giveaway, Brian. Give my vote to a juvenile too.

Sigmund,

Thanks for that link. Am trying to find the identity of a family of melodic little folk that are frequenting the neighbour's splendid garden. Will have to spend some time on that site later on.

Bob

Pleasure Bob.

It's a great site.

May make you feel inadequate about your bird photography though. There is some stunning work there.

Ha ha, after a quick look last night, I now feel less than inadequate, Sigmund. :-)

A quiet stroll through that site.....one would be walking with giants.

Thanks again,
Bob

Here you go.

Greg Postle bird artist

Now I wish I could paint birds like Greg Postle!
I met this guy out bush & real down to earth bloke with awesome talent.

His first name should've been Andrew.

Thanks guys,

A juvenile Butcher bird it is then.


Sigmund, thanks for a great link to that bird site, I will definitely be spending some time there.


Thanks all

Regards

Barry H

You could try this app on you phone or Ipad if you have one.

Michael Morcombe bird app

Yep good suggestion Steve,
Just bought my wife an Ipad with that bird app & she loves it.
Great to be able to play the bird calls too which you can't do with a book.
Also you can store all your sightings on the included database with GPS co-ordinates.

Cheers
Stu

Yeah, it's a real advance for twitchers.

Sometimes the bird will answer back if you play their call.

Simpson and Day is now available as an app too.

And there are state fauna guides free; the Vic one isn't bad.

Lol. Lotsa LBBs out there; pretty reliable ID.

If it's bigger it's a kite!

Lol a Kite - I would have to say a BBB

Big Brown Bird

My partner and I were stumped at Cullymurra waterhole trying to ID a medium BB. Very common. Ground and tree walker/climber.

Eventually settled on Brown Tree Creeper.

Bird colour it turns out can vary quite a lot by region. And photos often don't render colour accurately and that makes IDs afterwards more complicated.

I'm still convinced I found a unique species of Finch near Birdsville. Hard to photograph it though. Partner now calls it the Sigmund Finch ;-)

All good conversation matter around the camp fire.

if you cant photo.
ive drawn birds before. im no Michaelangelo but colors of breast and head etc.
the bird was the most colorfull bird id seen outside of a parrot in the kalgoorlie region.
I used my drawing to identify it when home.
it was a rainbow bee eater an uncommon vagrant to the kalgoorlie woodlands

A good sighting.

In Hervey Bay I had them flying between me and the sun so their bronze wing feathers were lit up. Spectacular. A slow 500 mm lens couldn't cut it.

Managed to catch a Rainbow Bee Eater at rest in January, 2013.

It had been a 40+ deg day, very dry and many of the "locals" were visiting.....and no doubt waiting for me to turn on the sprinkler. even at 5.30pm when I took these, it was still bloody hot!











Bob

That second last photo, is one of them a Tit? Or perhaps a Babbler. Hard to tell from the angle and light

Hi

Look like spiny-cheeked honeyeaters to me.

Second one from the top looks like a spotted bowerbird.

Cheers
Greg

Nice to know these guys are being sighted.
We have 3 mounds on our West Wimmera property in Vic & 1 mound is active at the moment.

Cheers
Stu

Check out this picture taken by someone in January 2013 along a stretch of road near Ouyen, Victoria



60 birds along a 10km stretch - eating spilt canola seed apparently.

They have obviously become rare in some areas due to land clearing but if fox control undertaken (good old 1080 !!) numbers can return.

Here's one I got (on a camera trap) out west of Menzies last year.



Cheers
Greg

PS

Malleefowl Preservation Group Website

Cheers
Greg

Thanks for the pics Greg
I just bought myself 2 motion cameras a fortnight ago & plan on setting them up at the active mound next week.

That first photo was taken by the caretakers of a Trust for Nature property at Ned's Corner I believe.

Good to see those fascinating birds are also doing ok out West. One of the issues besides foxes that can reduce numbers are frequent burns that are being undertaken in the Malleefowl habitat. They are very dependant on leaf litter for the incubation of their eggs.

My wife & I are going along to a training session on monitoring them shortly.

Cheers
Stu

No worries

The WA Monitoring training session is on this weekend

MALLEEFOWL MYSTERY WEEKEND

Cheers
Greg

Great stuff. Glad to see it's all happening over there out West.

We are going to this one.
Mallee fowl Training weekend

Hi all,

One more image from today, Female Splendid Fairy Wren, the male decided to stay hidden, I could hear him but couldn't see him.







Regards

Barry H

Top shot, Barry!

Worthy of inclusion in that link that Sigmund put up.

Bob

Great Shot Barry.
Always hard to get those small wrens to stay still long enough to get a photo.
Out bush for 5 weeks tomorrow so hope to get some nice pics like that with my new camera.

Cheers
Stu

Naargh they're easy to photograph :)

Nice.
Actually I have a photo somewhere like that except of your everyday Blue wren on my car mirror.
Our friends always ask us why we have beanies on our parked car mirrors & I tell em the mirrors get cold at night!
Actually its to stop the males spending all day attacking their reflection thinking its another male in their territory.

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the comment on the photo, I don't think I can walk with those giants on that website of Sigmund's, maybe one day.


Have a good trip Stu, I look forward to seeing some bird photos when you return.



Regards

Barry H

OOPS,

sorry forget to resize the files.










Regards


Barry H