It is a dusky woodswallow.
Go the the COG site and the photo gallery.
Find woodswallows and then dusky WS. Click on more photos and you will
find some images pretty much like yours.
On 22/10/2014 3:13 pm, "Nick Payne" <> wrote:
>Looks like a Dusky Woodswallow...
>
>http://canberrabirds.org.au/cog_gallery/Woodswallow_Dusky%20%28Geoffrey%20
>Dabb%29.jpg
>
>On 22/10/2014 14:56, Tim Smith wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> First time user with a request for help with identifying a bird!
>>
>> I recently observed the bird in the photo attached whilst working in
>> the lower Gilmore Creek valley near Tumut. I observed the bird
>> perching on the fence and flying to the ground to take food, it
>> behaved very similarly to a wagtail. It was predominantly a brown or
>> olive colour (sorry I'm not that good with colours), it had black
>> around the eyes, black wings and tail with a white strip along the end
>> of each wing and tail.
>>
>> I have looked in my bird book but can not match to anything in there.
>> I was hoping that someone may be able to let me know what bird I was
>> watching?
>
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