no breeding plumage yet

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Araminta
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no breeding plumage yet

I manged to get out in the garden for five minutessad, so I thought I might try to find some Superb Fairy Wren males changing into breeding colours. Not a single one yet. I looked and looked, I thought this looks blue?? No, not yet, it'll happen soon, it has towink

Here is what I saw, girls and boys:

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Your just not looking hard enoughwink

Blue Wrens everywhere in Canberra and we had snow.

Great picsyes

Shorty......Canon gear

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Araminta
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They might be doing what they did last season, they mated first and then turned blue.

M-L

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the ones in Canberra are blue from the cold wink

Peter

Araminta
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Oo, I can herar someone saying ..... if you mate and then turn blue, you are doing something wrong....devil

M-L

rawshorty
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Here is one of my blue ones for you to keep you going till yours turn up (taken today)smiley

Superb-Fairy Wren male-5770 by rawshorty, on Flickr">Superb-Fairy Wren male-5770 by rawshorty, on Flickr

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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angrydo you have to rub it in?devil

Thanks for the beautiful photo, love itheart

M-L

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Peter made me do itcheeky

Just jokingwink

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pics of Gang Gang C and now Superb FW - you just have to like the sense of humour

Peter

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