Hi all, thought I'd share a few shots from Porepunkah near Bright Vic, an area new to me, was delighted with the scenery and bird opportunity forest walks in abundance.Happy to be corrected with any incorrect names!Yellow rumped thornbillWillie Wagtail Takes off!Yellow Throated Scrub-WrenSong ThrushMagpie-LarkGrey Currawong Golden Whistler Golden Whistler Brown Treecreeper Brown Treecreeper
Sorry don't know how I managed to chop up the names... hope you can decipher!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Great series of shots, Hev. The YR Thornbill and the Golden Whistler are gorgeous.
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
Thanks George, hey did you fix up the writing that was split up?...thanks again if you did!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Very nice pics.
Um... "song thrush" = blackbird??
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Hi Soakes, I thought Blackbirds were blacker and had more orangy beaks... but like I say... happy to be corrected :)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Hi Heva
Nice set of birds.
Lovely Yellow-rumped Thornbill in typical pose.
Fascinating shot of the Willy Wagtail doing aerobatics.
Some suggested re-namings:
#3 is a male (very clear;ly marked) White-browed Scrubwren.
YT SWs are much more yellow on the throat and more importantly, they are a coastal rainforest bird, not alpine Eucalypt forest.
#4 Blackbird is a female - hence your confusion re them being black. Males only are black, with orange bill. Song Thrushes are pretty much restricted to suburban Melbourne, I understand.
#5 Magpie Lark is a female. White in front of the eye, giving it the appearance of a vertical black line through eye. Males have a full black forehead and throat, and juveniles are half-and-half.
# 6 Your Grey Currawong looks more like a female Pied to me. Too black for a Grey - to my mind. A single image does not show the diagnostic markings. Check out BiBY
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/127
Behaviour and especially call distinguish these two species easily.
#7, 8 Nice male Golden Whistler.
#9, 10 are White-throated Treecreepers. White throat is diagnostic as is the heavy striping underneath. Look at your original image for an orange spot on the throat below eye (not visible on these small images, but probably visible on originals).
Red-browed Treecreeper is somewhat similar, but is a native of very heavy wet forests ONLY. BiBY does not have that species on its "pages".
Try this COG Gallery link,
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/Species%20HTML/red-browed_treecreeper.html
Brown Treecreeper is much paler, lacking the white throat and has less clearly marked stripes on the belly. It also has a hint of an eyebrow. Here is an image from COG Gallery.
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Treecreeper_Brown_Stephinson.jpg
Habitat and call of the Brown TC are very distinctive. It is a Brown Box and Yellow Box (Eucalypt) specialist and is greatly in decline as its habitat is cleared for grazing and for firewood. Shrill piping calls (few notes), not the very fast trill of the W-t TC.
Hope these notes help.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Hi Hev. Looks like you had a busy time,good selection.
It is a female blackbird and I think the Brown Treecreeper is in fact a White-throated,no long pale eyebrow which the BT would have.I also think your Yellow Throated Scrubwren is a White-browed, 'black mask set between clear white streaks' as opposed to the single white eye brow of the Yellow throated. These also have a red eye not the yellow eye your bird is showing..
Ed Townsville NQ
Hi Ed and Denis, thank you sooo much for all that wonderful info... just off to my camera class but will check all things mentioned when I come back. THANK YOU.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Hi Hev, me again, did you get a picture of the Currawong flying? I can see what Denis is getting at, but the Grey has several colour variations and I am not sure on this one.
Ed Townsville NQ
Nice collection heva.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Yes I agree a white-Browed scrubwren...I can see more clearly with this side on shot. White throated treecreeperyes again! I had a look at some other shots of one going into a nest, and the back is quite bluey grey purpley or it could have just been the light, and I thought I could see a very faint rufous patch
I don't have any in flight ones of the Currawong Ed, It was in a forest area, solitary... so can't help with more info to distinguish between Pied and Grey.
Hey at least we're all agreed on the YRT :) Thanks again for all the info and links to pics (Denis) to increase my knowledge.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Gidday Hev, I was wondering where you have been, you have taken some really top shots there of some very interesting birds.
Well done Hev and thanks for sharing.
Hi Hev - a great collection of shots. I like the one of the white-browed scrub-wren looking right at you and the golden whistler is lovely
thnx Birdgirl, Tark and Tassie. It was nice to see some sunshine in Bright too. Strong winds, hail, thunder and lightning last night here in Belgrave. Roll on spring :)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Heva great series of shot ,some nice birds in there..