It's been the same bird for about 3 years, and she's raising younguns
at the moment.
EB
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Carol Probets <> wrote:
> Hi Evan,
>
> How do you know it's a female bowerbird and not an immature (i.e.
> less than ~7-year-old) male?
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
>
> At 7:51 AM +1100 24/2/08, Evan Beaver wrote:
> >...and our resident female Satin Bowerbird is teasing me with a pretty
> >good Glossy-Black impersonation. It's funny because the call is the
> >'sitting in a tree eating' call, not the 'flying past'. She (Mrs
> >Bower) must travel further afield than I give her credit for as the
> >Glossies don't feed very close to here, but have flown over the house
> >almost every day in the last week.
> >
> >EB
>
>
>
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Evan Beaver
Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
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