Yesterday each time I looked there was at least one gang-gang in the street tree over the road – an ironbark. They were feeding on seed capsules. However there was a certain amount of coming and going making it something of a challenge to keep track of the individuals. There was one pair of adults, showing their paired status by occasional cross-preening. The male showed a trace of red on the underparts (arrow). HANZAB says this is possibly an indication of a younger adult male, not present in older birds. The head of the adult female (G2) with its bushy crest is shown in the detail. There was one appearance by a smaller bird with a wholly grey head - G3. This is probably a juvenile female going by size (I haven’t shown the shortish tail), the bristly crest and the general look of it.
