tharwa sandwash: juvenile Golden Whistlers

[Damien Farine <>]

In fact, at Mulligan's Flat this autumn/winter we have had large numbers of juvenile Golden Whistlers (compared to last year), and no adults.  This may indicate good breeding success in the mountains, and perhaps little movement to lower altitude by the adults so far this year.  Would be interesting to hear of any observations of adults remaining in the higher country at present.

Damien

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:35:51 +1000
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] tharwa sandwash

Roger,

 

Some excellent photographs, especially the Brown Quail. Your shots 7205 and 7207 are indeed a Golden Whistler but it is a first year bird of unknown sex. In 7205 the base of the bill shows yellow whereas an adult is all dark. The real giveaway to it being a first year bird is the rufous feathers in the wings and on the back. Genuine female Golden Whistlers don’t have any colouring like this in the wings. At this time of year most of the birds locally are altitudinal migrants, coming down from the higher country and are quite common, even in suburban backyards.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

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From: Williams, Roger [
Sent: Monday, 5 July 2010 7:50 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] tharwa sandwash

 

                   Had a really lovely afternoon at the Tharwa Sandwash these are some of the birds photographed 

                        i could do with some help identifying images 7205&7207 my thoughts were a female golden whistler  

                                            Roger williams              

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