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Leaden and Satin Flycatchers

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Subject: Leaden and Satin Flycatchers
From: "Neil KIRBY" <>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:59:00 +1100

This afternoon I was on the southern end of Shaw’s Ridge, Winmalee (80km west of Sydney) watching a male Leaden Flycatcher moving through a patch of forest that was burnt as a hazard reduction last spring. The male was being followed by two fledglings begging for food. On the other side of the track in an unburnt section a male Stain Flycatcher presumably on early northern migration was calling and wagging its tail from side to side. It occasionally bowed its head showing off its bluish/black crown and prominent crest. The whole of the upper body and upper breast, throat and head was black. The Satin flew across the track and landed close to the Leaden male which then started to chase the Satin from tree to tree. The contrast between the two birds in the diffused light was amazing. The Leaden was dark only on the upper breast, throat, head and back of neck. The rest of the upper body was grey. There was no crest visible on the Leaden. The Satin was eventually chased from the area and the Leaden continued hunting insects for its fledglings.

Neil Kirby

Winmalee (80km west of Sydney)  

 

 

 

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