After a dismal one pic yesterday of an Eastern Yellow robin at Silvan park I decided to go back to Lyserfield lake park... arrived to find the overflow car park was well and truly overflowing and lots of noise, people, and barbies for Australia day I thought I'd have little chance of spotting a sparrow let alone anything else, but I was plaesantly surprised..perhaps the birds were all taken refuge in the nature trail part of the park where I was walking far from the madding crowd... brush bronzewing not sure ..possibly a chick golden whistler? again not sure, maybe a female cicadabird or a barred cuckoo shrike? not doing very well with my ID's so far am I?... ahoneyeater but what sort? immature butcherbird having quite a tantrum as he waited for a parent to feed him Great crested grebe
and this was interesting behaviour, not great shots but you get the idea, this pair of great crested grebes both dived underwater, surfaced and came together in what looked like to me a replay of swan lake, bit of smooching and then off they went coughing loudly as if nothing had happened:) and just in keeping with my poor ID's today... another I'm stumped with, this was the only shot I could get before he dived under water and surfaced too far away, looked like he had some sort of strange hat tied under his chin in a huge bow!! and no I hadn't been drinking at this point of the day :)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
after going through my ID book AGAIN... maybe a musk duck? oh and I can't ID the small (very vocal) bird after the butcherbird either!
Hope you all had a great Australia Day.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Some beautiful shots, especially the grebes courting process. Your honeyeater is a whit eared honeyeater I believe and yues it most likely is a musk duck.
I'll agree on the Musk duck but have only ever seen one. I will stay away from most of the other IDs but the "cuckoo Shrike" i think is a Shining Bronze Cuckoo mostly due to the fineness of the beak and the bars all all the way to the chin. Is that green on the wings as well?
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Trev
Hi Hev,
Sounds like it turned into a fantastic walk. I'm not sure about the Golden Whistler could well be but hard to tell from that angle. I agree with Shining Bronze Cuckoo and White-eared Honeyeater. I think the bird after the Grey Butcherbird is a Striated Thornbill and the last one is definitely a Musk Duck.
I actually read an old paper that talked about how people used to use that lobe beneath the bill of the male Musk Ducks in clothes draws for its musky scent.
thanks for the ID help everyone.
re. the musk drawer scenter...eugggghhhhh!!!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
yes I'm pretty sure I can see a hint of green in the shining bronze cuckoo and another couple of the chick for ID.... he had quite a sore looking patch on the back of his neck with feathers missing
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Your he is a she, a female Rufous Whistler.
Thanks for that Gelmir. hey have you heard from Denis lately... we miss his input on this forum :(
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best