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Hi All
I have just had a pair of small birds that I have
not noticed before pass through the hakea etc close to my first
floor office window.
SIZE: about the same as an Eastern Spinebill, if
anything slightly larger and stockier. Tail longish with squarish end.
Bill definitely not as long as an Eastern
Spinebill.
COLOUR: mid to dark grey above (not brown), and
rufous/cinnamon chest fading to pale cream. Both birds similar, but one perhaps
paler rufous than the other. I did not notice any obvious striations, or
patches/bands of white/pale above, or black/dark below - colouring was very
neat and even. I'm afraid I did not take a mental note of where and how colour
changes from grey to rufous/cinnamon below the bill.
MOVEMENT: just the slightest hint of the side-to-side
movement when perched of Willie Wagtails, Grey Fantails etc.
Any suggestions?
cheers
Barbara
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