Had a great day out at Mulligans Flat Canberra yesterday, -3C when i went out there but a great day for a long walk. Got plenty of new ones for me but i have a few i can't work out.
#1
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#2 Very musical bird, i took a video but at 500mm and no tripod it is pretty shaky
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Here is a link to the video on my flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/8752222478/
#3 This one was feeding in the trees and on the ground
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#4 Massive crop but shows detail well enough i think
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#1 Varied Sittella
#2 Common Starling
#3 Grey Shrike-thrush
#4 Speckled Warbler
Thanks heaps, Steve.
My first impression for #2 was starling but somehow it looked different. It is the first time i have seen one standing up like that and singing.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Thanks, Shirley.
Sorry but i have already deleted the video and pic of the starling, i only put up the video in case it helped with id. So it is not your pc.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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I would not have picked that as a GS-T either Shirley, but I just looked up my guides and they suggest that the streaking (and slightly red-brown eyebrow) are strongly characteristic of juveniles.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Grey Shrikethrush, hen should also have light streaking on the neck; Shirley might just be seeing the male birds
Peter
I have a few of them around my house, they pick spiders and bugs from my windows and between the mud bricks. It's even hard to pick the difference between male and female, only minimal variation in the eye stripe, less distinct in the female.
M-L
Clearly a juvenile grey shrike-thrush because of the frontal streaking, in my opinion.
I thought it useful to note that a treecreeper goes up while a Sitella goes down the tree as seen in picture 1. sue