Belinda
I found Red-backed and Variegated Fairy-wrens living together near the
junction of the Carpentaria and Tablelands Highway in December, 2007. Two
adult males sitting almost side by side -beautiful.
Denise
on 26/8/08 12:23 PM, Belinda Cassidy at wrote:
> We've spent the week trying to get some pictures of the local wrens in
> Brisbane. Its a great feeling, knowing that a pretty big colony is thriving
> right in the middle of a smallish city forest, tightly packed in along with
> many potential predators including what appears to be a nesting pair of
> raptors (still to be ID'd as Goshawks or Collared sparrowhawks), magpies,
> drongos, Pied & grey butcherbirds..
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> They have a nice habitat, consisting of a lantana undergrowth that extends
> well into the forest, with vines growing all over it, and some tall grass
> that kind of joins the pockets of lantana.
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> We were surprised to find that the `colony' consists of both red backed
> fairy wrens and variegated fairy wrens, at differing levels of maturity with
> many interesting hybrid feather colourings in the young males.
>
> They are very active right now, and gathering dry grass and `fluff' for
> their nests. here are some pics for anyone who loves wrens like we do:
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> 1. Immature Red backed fairy wren:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/wren.jpg
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> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/RedBackedFairyWren1.j
> pg
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> 2.His Mate collecting bits for her nest:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/RedBackedFairyWren2.j
> pg
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> 3.Immature Variegated fairy wren, with just few blue facial feathers:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/VariegatedFairyWren.j
> pg
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> 4. Adult Male variegated fairy wren:
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> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/VariegatedFairyWren4.
> jpg
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/VariegatedFairyWren5.
> jpg
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