Hi,
I'm about 30km north west of Brisbane CBD, at Cashmere, in the bush ("sclerophyll forest").
At about 6am this morning a small bird came to the birdbath. It flew in had a drink and then went to sit in the sun too far away (annoyingly) for my phone to get a picture.
It seemed to me like this:
- Quite small (perhaps no more than 10cm I judge)
- short(ish) red beak (well it at least had red on the beak)
- beak did not seem "thick" more delicate I would say
- red crowned (like a crimson chat)
- The chest "light grey" (no red)
- belly was red (not bright red more like a "red flush")
- red flash on the tail in toward the rump.
Any ideas? I could not find anything in my very small library of bird books. Then again, trying to accurately capture in my mind the vital features that would aid identification without a photo is much harder than I would have thought!
Thanks
Ron
Try looking in your field guides among the finches or firetails, Ron.
Hi Woko,
I'm going to try and get a photo tomorrow...I'll post it if I'm successful.
And yes, I'll look at the finches and firetails...
Thanks
Ron
Sounds like a Red-browed Finch to me...
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
I was thinking the same as Tim. Any conformation yet?