Goldfields Bird ID
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 15:36
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Hi folks,
I was wondering if anyone could ID this bird for me? It has been a frequent visitor at our workshop over the past week. It does not appear to be injured and comes and goes of its own accord. It makes some very interesting noises when you approach it. We leave water out for it as we think it's likely sheltering from the extreme heat up here, it's been mid 40's pretty solidly for the past week and a bit. Goldfields region W.A.

Goldfields Bird
Reply By: Rangiephil - Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 20:40
Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 20:40
I used to have 17 in my yard on Magnetic Island.
When we ate dinner outside they would surround us and stand perfectly still.
They used to sit in the dirt like that one and you couldn't see them, and if you walked up to them they would hiss at you, which I thought was really funny.
The worst point about them is that they used to start up their blood curdling screams at about 1AM outside our bedroom and the whole 17 would join in.
Apparently the aboriginals used to reckon that it was the sound of a mother who had just discovered her child is dead.
Regards Philip A
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Follow Up By: Rangiephil - Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 20:43
Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 20:43
BTW while they usually eat grubs and bugs, they are very partial to chips, and would often visit the local fish and chip
shop and beg for chips, resulting in several chasing the chip bearer around the tables.
Regards Philip A
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