Could it be a juvenile White-browed Scrubwren?
David R
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From: David Nicholls
Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012 10:40 AM
To: COG
Subject: Small bird ID please
Just saw a small brown bird that I have not seen before in my garden in
Deakin.
About the same size and form as a silvereye, hopping actively around on the
ground and in the undergrowth. Mid to darkish grey-brown back and cap,
paler throat/chest, no sign of any bright colours, straight tail with
rounded 'corners' and a slight "V" dent in it. I noticed its dark eyes.
Short beak like a Silvereye. I could not see its rump as I was looking down
on it through a window.
Not a Silvereye (darker, no colour, not in shrub foliage), not a wren (tail
straight not pointing up, shorter).
No obvious ID from the 'Birds of the ACT'. I can't rule it out as a
Silvereye, but I have not seen any of the thousands of Sivereyes I have seen
here hopping around on the ground like this, and none as dark on head or
back.
Advice appreciated.
David Nicholls
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