useless aside - my 1st sightng was in WA and the bird was on the ground and stayed on the ground for some time (with me following discreetng behind as I couldn't ID it), had me scratching my head for a while until it jumped onto a tree and acted like a treecreeper and I saw thise feet, the phone app was then helpful
Not useless at all, Peter. Interesting. I've seen both Red-browed and BrownTreecreepers feed on the ground; indeed the former was inside a fallen log. I recently watched a White-throated Treecreper scalling a wall in a railway underpass! I love seeing common birds doing enexpected things. LJ
Yep that's right.
Cool. Subtly beautiful things. Yet to see one. LJ
Thanks Lorne, Timothy. Still feeling my way with identification.
useless aside - my 1st sightng was in WA and the bird was on the ground and stayed on the ground for some time (with me following discreetng behind as I couldn't ID it), had me scratching my head for a while until it jumped onto a tree and acted like a treecreeper and I saw thise feet, the phone app was then helpful
Peter
Not useless at all, Peter. Interesting. I've seen both Red-browed and BrownTreecreepers feed on the ground; indeed the former was inside a fallen log. I recently watched a White-throated Treecreper scalling a wall in a railway underpass! I love seeing common birds doing enexpected things. LJ
Peter, Saw that behaviour on the weekend, Rufous feeding on the ground in and around low shrubs.
Threw me a bit at first as well.
Cheers