Answers to first set as below. I don’t claim this has any great information component, although it does bring home eg that the dollarbird, usually visualised as a bright blue-green bird, in fact has a dull brown head/neck. The drongo (perhaps unfair to include such a rarity) is one of a group of black birds (chough, koel) that has a fiery red eye. The cuckoo-shrike was quite unfair being a shot from below of a looking-down bird. These were very difficult, but note, if you can believe it, that Steve Holliday (see his answers below) only missed 4 out of the 14 !!
From: Steve Holliday [
Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 10:21 AM
To: 'Geoffrey Dabb'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Point of view
I’ve had a very quick go but suspect I will be way off the mark with many of them. Answers awaited with interest!
1 Dusky Woodswallow
2 Darter
3 Tawny Frogmouth
4 Eastern Spinebill
5 Crested Pigeon
6 Golden Whistler
7 Little Friarbird
8 Painted Snipe
9 Aus Raven
10 Spotted Quailthrush
11 Australasian Grebe
12 WW Chough
13 Black-fronted Dotterel
14 Grey Currawong
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2011 9:05 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Point of view
Setting, angle, light , size, colour - all important in knowing what you are looking at. Can you name the species represented by each of this random set of eyes? All species have been recorded in the Canberra area. If you get half you will be doing well.
