ID help

[Anthony Overs <>]

The bird will then look a bit like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aovers/3254701560/

(Mark, you must have missed this trip...)

Cheers

Anthony

On 09/06/2012, at 4:36 PM, "Mark Clayton" <m("bigpond.com","chollop7");">> wrote:

Robin,

 

Your bird is a Golden Whistler going in to adult male plumage for the first time. It takes the male 3 years (from banding studies) to attain full adult plumage so this bird is in its second year. You are lucky to see one in this plumage, I donâ??t think I ever have even after banding many hundreds of Golden Whistlers.

 

Cheers,

Mark

 

From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Saturday, 9 June 2012 3:49 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID help

 

Beside Lake Ginninderra (west side) this morning, this small bird was calling repeatedly from a bare tree. Slightly larger (?) than a Jacky Winter (I think), and the yellowish wash quite marked. From another angle (almost directly below),the chin seemed whiter.
Grateful for any identification suggestions.
Robin Hide


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