Fairywren

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Tue, 07/05/2013 - 18:43

michael_1

Fairywren

It's poses like that when I wish I had a 400mm lens :)Superb Fairywren by M Hooper, on Flickr
Superb Fairywren by M Hooper, on Flickr
Noisy friarbirds always look evil:Noisy Friarbird by M Hooper, on Flickr

M

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 18:58

Araminta

What a gorgeous boy he is too I have not seen a Friarbird,(noisy or otherwise), thanks M

M-L

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 19:08

michael_1

I hear them more than I see them. But with all the banksias out at the moment it was a bonanza for honeyeaters. In a short distance I saw little wattlebirds, red wattlebirds, noisy friarbirds, new hollands, white-naped honeyeaters and yellow-faced honeyeaters. All making a racket!!
Usually I avoid coastal banksia forest (this is probably not what it's actually called!) for more open woodland or rainforest, as I had been for too many walks seeing nothing but little wattlebirds and new hollands, but I may change my mind :) And in this case it was a bit of a mix...

Michael

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 19:17

Araminta

There isn't much in my garden at the moment A large number of my favourit shrubs have died over summer. Even the replacements don't look too good. Will have to plant more, if only they would grow faster.

M-L

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 19:19

shoop

Oh yes , thats Fairy-wrens for you... My brother-in-law has a beautiful property down at Denmark in Western Australia and they have so many Fairy-wrens there its amazing. The Splendid Wrens are gorgeous when they are changing to blue and they have a handful of Red-winged Fairy-wrens also,which seem to be alot more shy and on the move, never sitting still at all. I have a billzillion photos of them, last time we went down there they had all thier babies out and about . I have the cuteist video of a baby wren perched in the afternoon sun catching some zzzzz's. I must work out youtube so i can post it . Here are a couple of photos of the little cutie !!!!!

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 19:22

michael_1

Ha!

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 20:03

shoop

We don't get Friarbirds here in W.A. that I know of anyway. Wished we did as they look as though they have alot of character. My backyard gets a visit from a variety of birds and its good when you get random ones passing through. 95% of the time I will have brown honeyeaters, white-cheeked honeyeaters,new holland honeyeaters, silvereyes, western( little) wattlebirds, red wattlebirds, laughing dove , spotted dove in the early morning there is always rainbow lorrikeets making a hell of a racket. We use to have alot gallahs and magpies but my little Jack Russel (Lily) doesn't approve of them and the gallahs only come now if i put seed out. The occasional vistors we get are mistletoe birds, black faced cuckoo shrikes , white and red tailed black cockatoos, striated pardalotes, butcher birds, willie wagtails( my favourite) and the rare rare occasions of BOP flying through. Here are two photos 1. laughing dove 2. brown honeyeater.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 20:10

michael_1

How interesting. I haven't seen either of those birds. I really like the dove photograph.

I envy your access to birdlife! Sydney's inner suburbs aren't exaclty a haven for wildlife... Though recently the black cockatoos have flown over every morning (time to wake up!) in a flock of about 50. And the university (where I work and almost live) has enough open space, and enought very large trees together to be the place where most of the birds from the area go at dusk. There or Centennial Park... It's lovely to head to the top of one of the open fire escapes at dusk and watch all the birds flying in, and hear them all screeching! I must make a recording.

Michael

Tue, 07/05/2013 - 23:29

shoop

This first one is of The White-cheeked Honeyeater. I like the way he looks as though he is smiling. It was such i hot day i put the sprinklers on , and in comes the birds , they just love it ...no wonder he is smiling !!!! the second photo is of a New holland Honeyeater, they are very similar in colour and size to the White-cheeked but they have a white eye and no white cheeks. this last photo of the New holland Hoeyeater wasn't taken in my garden but at my bro-in laws in Denmark W.A. They just love to bathe.