Northside Satin Bower Bird

[Julian Robinson <>]

I saw the exact same bird IN the ANBG at 4:30pm yesterday!   I
remarked to myself (as I often do, nearly always getting agreement) that
it was alone, and looked very "nervous", unlike others I have
seen in Queensland etc.  It tried twice scrabbling on the ground but
got firmly shooed away by chuffs, eventually hiding deep inside a bushy
tree.

Obviously it might not have been the same bird, and I freely admit to
being a rank beginner at this bird business, but I am pretty sure it was
a female bowerbird.  They cannot be rare in Canberra, otherwise I
would not have seen one. Every interesting bird I look up in my books
says "common".    

Julian

At 04:49 PM 5/05/06, Pedroanddi wrote:
> While
> walking along the CSIRO/ANBG boundary fence around 12.30 today I saw a
> green bird fly into the ANBG.
>  
> Peter Mellor

Regards

Julian
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