Hi Margaret,
There is nothing wrong with the adult male Rufous Whistler it is just the way his feathers are lying – they show the underlying pale bases to the breast feathers. It isn’t anything to do with age.
Kangaroos can breed at any time of year given the right conditions, which is why there are so many of them around Canberra.
Cheers, Mark
From: Margaret Leggoe [
Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013 11:45 AM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Tharwa Sandwash
This morning:
Ravens
Dollarbirds
Black-faced cuckoo-shrikes
Grey fantail
Rufous whistler
White-throated tree-creeper
Yellow-faced honeyeater
White-plumed honeyeater
Red-browed finch
Silvereyes
Crimson rosella
Dusky moorhen
Superb fairy-wren
White-throated gerygone
Sacred kingfisher
(No sign of rainbow bee-eaters
(and writing the names in full is no trouble at all, just in case some newcomers would like to be included in the conversation)
A mother kangaroo had a joey in the pouch, is that unusual at this time of the year?
All were feeling a bit camera-shy. What’s up with this fellow with the white streak down his breast? Is that something to do with his age?
Margaret Leggoe
