Tharwa Sandwash

["Mark Clayton" <>]

I should have added this morning but was about to go out so in a hurry, at this time of year many birds are undergoing their post nuptial moult and are busily preening themselves. This is probably why the white line is obvious as the bird may have just finished a preening session.

 

Mark

 

From: Mark Clayton [
Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013 11:52 AM
To: 'Margaret Leggoe';
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Tharwa Sandwash

 

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
To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">
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