Hey guys,
I was out on a walk when i came across these guys.
Can anyone tell me what they are.
Thanks
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I suspect that the duck is an introduced one. Sorry I can't hep - I haven't seen any of these birds
Hi QLDBird :)
the duck - i don't know
2. could you crop it and repost - from the shape it's between a female figbird and a female Satin Bowerbird
3. between a female Satin Flycatcher and a female Leaden Flycatcher
4. Golden Whistler?
:)
Duck's markings not unlike a Canvasback.
I thought the second bird a bit like a young Bower too.
But it's also got a similar profile to this one...
[img]http://www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/
Bird/normal_Z-JR-horsefieldsbronzecuck.jpg[/img]
This pic of a Horsfield's Bronzed Cuckoo
by Julian Robinson
Al
Sorry, bad link before...
Horsfield's Bronzed Cuckoo
by Julian Robinson
Al
The 2nd one was fairly large about the size of a bowerbird.
The last was also about the size of a Golden Whistler.
Also I was in Brisbane.
Some of the other birds there were grey fantails, rufous fantails, grey shrike thrushes, silvereyes,
Variegated and superb fairy wren, rufous whistlers, kookas, currawongs, magpies, galahs, masked lapwings, peewees, crows, ravens, sulphur crested cockatoos, willy wagtails, noisy miners, welcome swallows, rainbow, scaly breasted and musk lorikeets and a variety of woodswallows.
Hope that can help.
The last one is definitely a female Golden whistler as I have a pic that is identical in marking and it has been identified on here as such. I agree with Myky about the others. I'd go for female fig bird too.
Sounds like a good day for sightings !
Sunshine Coast Queensland
The first one is a domestic duck.
Hey QLDbird
1.A duck? Obviously but otherwise don't know?
2.I don't know?
3.It is most likely a Satin Flycatcher.
4.I can't really tell, could it be a Golden Wistler?
5.Almost certainly (another?) female Golden Wistler.
I hope that this has been helpful and that you can resolve the matter.
I am a keen bird watcher not an expert!
I would say by the way the second bird is holding itself it's a Female Satin Bowerbirds - FSB are full of colour on the chest but you can only see it at certain angles - if you see it again and it appears to have horizontal brown scallops on on it's chest it's a FSB if it has very defined vertical brown markings (almost stripes) on it's chest it's a F Figbird
i'll dig out some pics and show you what i mean
:)
ok - Satin Bowerbird from the wrong angle
Satin Bowerbird from the right angle
Female Figbird
Female Satin Flycatcher from the back
and from the front
Hope this helps
:)
Thanks everyone.
It's really helped.
This thread is kind of old, but since nobody knew exactly what the duck was I thought I might just post a comment.
The duck is a mutation of the Mallard (a species of duck introduced to Australia years ago). However that mutation is only seen in captivity, so the Mallard probably escaped from a backyard or farm somwhere.
Great spotting!!