White-necked Heron at Kellys

[Julian Robinson <>]

Many thanks to the people who wrote re my incorrect ID.  Consensus
is that these were immature or female golden Whistlers, probably female.
>From points suggested and my re-checking the guides and from other fuzzy
pics, female seems likely since all had pale tips to wing coverts and not
enough rufous to be imm. (some pic artifacts make this tricky to discern
from pics provided).  I did know that the habitat and numbers were
bizarre for Jacky Winter and they seemed too big, but that's as far as I
got.

I didn't have a clue that Reed Warblers ever appeared in trees since I've
never noticed them there before.  Maybe they're quieter when in
trees.  So something useful learned.

Thanks again

Julian 

At 11:32 AM 14/09/2007, Julian Robinson wrote:

There was a WNH at Kellys this morning, also two more Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos calling from the top of leafless trees, together with some of those caterpillars on the ground.

This was while I was wrestling with what appeared to be more of my aberrant birds - a Reed-warbler(?) in the trees for ages and a group of 5 or 6 Jacky Winters(?) in dense scrub (I couldn't make out any prominent white outer tail feathers and no sign of an eyebrow).  At least that's my best guesses, I'd appreciate any corrections...