More feathers for ID

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Ah yes. A remarkably similar conclusion from Stuart and me. He seemed to know directly and I wandered to the same idea. But I don't know so much about breeds of chicken, so wasn't thinking about Rhode Island Red. In my writing "pale almost whitish underneath" of course that is not the underside of the bird, but the (normally hidden) underside of its wing. 

 

About your hope: In general, provision of food like that doesn't necessarily stop a predator taking other food when the opportunity is available. It becomes one possible food that keeps a predator going and maintaining an interest in whatever else they can catch. Though a chicken would be a substantial meal......

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Leggoe [
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 1:06 PM
To: 'Stuart Rae'
Cc: Philip Veerman
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] More feathers for ID

Thanks, Stuart and Philip,

There is a farm just across the road, and many foxes on CB.  One can just hope that the farmer keeps replenishing the chook supply to keep the fox satiated without eating the wildlife on CB.

Margaret.

 

From: Stuart Rae [
Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2015 12:34 PM
To: Margaret Leggoe
Cc: canberra birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] More feathers for ID

 

Hi Margaret,

 

Those feathers are from a domestic chicken, a Rhode Island Red, a common backyard chook for good egg supply. The bird had been taken by a red fox as can be determined by the bitten-off ends to the feather shafts.

 

Stuart

 

On 15 February 2015 at 12:08, Margaret Leggoe <> wrote:

Dear COGs,

I saw these feathers on Callum Brae (Zoo Corner) this morning.  Have no idea what bird they are from.  Colour-wise, they look about the same as the breast feathers of a hobby, but are they all breast feathers?  There is no suggestion of banding on any of them.

Would appreciate any help with this puzzle (for me).

 

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While on the subject of Zoo Corner, I was very happy to find the small birds returning to the location after so much undergrowth was cleared away 2-3 years ago. 

White-throated gerygone,

Weebill,

Grey fantail

Superb fairy-wren,

Yellow-rumped thornbill,

and a small bird with a “zitting” sound, possibly a striated thornbill or scrubwren, or hopefully, speckled warblers, but somehow the sound wasn’t quite like theirs.

Across the fence in the zoo grounds a corella pair were looking very domestic in a nicely smoothed tree hollow.

Three yellow-tailed black cockatoos flew over and went somewhere.

Well worth visiting.

Leaf curl spiders are hanging from practically every dead or living sapling.

 

Margaret Leggoe

 

 

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