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Unknown small finch like bird Nth Qld

To: Nick Payne <>
Subject: Unknown small finch like bird Nth Qld
From: Ken Black <>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:21:43 +0000
Many thanks to all, definite female Mistletoe Bird 😀
Can now safely delete very bad photos that I had kept "just in case".

Ken Black

On 19 Jul 2015, at 10:00 pm, Nick Payne <> wrote:

Female Mistletoebird?

On 19/07/2015 21:35, ken black wrote:

Hoping there might be a COG member who likes a query about a very poorly photographed bird?

 

Location: Cape Kimberly Beach, edge of Daintree NP Qld

Seen in: upper leaves of palm

Size: finch like

Bill: heavy, finch like

Main characteristic observed:   has red under tail feathers

 

Rapid movements, and only seen for a couple of seconds, and not clearly in the shadows.

 

 



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