Hi Chris
This list isn’t the place for
sarcastic comments such as the one you received [Grey Fantail - another case of PWL (Photograph
Without Looking)?”], so please ignore it.
There are lots of birders on this list who
enjoy helping out with photo IDs. As others have pointed out, your bird is
indeed a Grey Fantail. Your description also clearly shows you did look at the
bird and list other valuable features that birders on this list can use to help
with identifications. Grey Fantails are fantastic, energetic little birds that
have returned to Canberra in big numbers over the last month (smaller numbers stay through
the winter) and are always a pleasure to watch and listen to.
There was also a nice adult White-necked
Heron hanging around in front of the Cygnus Hide at lunch yesterday. Also worth
keeping an eye out for is an immature Brown Goshawk which at present is very
fond of perching on the fallen, dead tree outside this hide.
Cheers Dan
