Speckled Warbler Dependent Young

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The Speckled Warbler nest at Sheperds Lookout was empty yesterday when I visited and I could not locate the birds. Today Barbara Allan located the birds for me. Assuming the birds were the ones from the nest (highly likely), only one chick fedged. It left the nest some time between Sunday and yesterday. It is already well feathered and able to fly with the parents.

 

The references I have (I do not have HANZAB) do not provide much information about the juvenile birds so I have attached some pictures (taken from video footage) which show the differences that I could pick up in the field apart from some patches of down still on the back. The pictures show:

1. pale (white) gape

2. eyebrow not clearly like male or female - in differnt lights it showed some black and some rufous but while obvious generally looked a grey brown colour

3. crown greyer than the adult with some streaks which were smaller and more regular than the adults.

 

Others may have better information on characteristics which are visible in the field.

 

The last photo shows the juvenile bird asleep on the leaf litter (in the middle of the photo).

 

Steve

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