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Tuggeranong Hill Satin Bowerbird?

To: "'victoria'" <>, <>
Subject: Tuggeranong Hill Satin Bowerbird?
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:09:13 +1000
Hi V,
 
Well it surely would have been one, nothing else similar. By the way, not necessarily female. Presumably about half of the green ones are female. Seeing the full blue plumage is infrequent. Strangely, although over the last few years I have normally had one or two sightings per year of fully blue birds in my GBS area, I have never seen one in the intermediate patchwork pattern here of transition from non breeding to breeding plumage (I have seen 1 or 2 of them at Tidbinbilla). This in contrast to most other birds with seasonal or age related plumage changes where you often see these transition stages.
 
About two weeks ago I was a bit surprised to see a group of about 20 green Satin Bowerbirds on the western side of Mount Taylor. I have about 15 green Satin Bowerbirds in my GBS area every day through winter.
 
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah  ACT  2902
 
02 - 62314041
 
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Tuggeranong Hill Satin Bowerbird?

About 1.30 pm today, I believe I saw a satin bowerbird (female) not far from the edge of Tuggeranong Hill. It was on the ground foraging amongst quite thick grasses and some rocks, then flew in to the trees. I can't think of anything else as was definitely green on top and brown/white underneath and was of a medium size. Did not see a black male nearby only another brown bird of similar size whizzing by but not up close. I have never seen one before. Also lots of parrots (eastern and crimson rosellas in the park now, including numerous juveniles), plus some soaring raptors (saw a wedge tail the other day), maggies, currawongs, galahs, sulphur crested cockatoos and crested pigeons. The little corellas have not been seen by me for some time now (here or in my yard).
 
 
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