Immature male Satin Bowerbird image

[Christine via Canberrabirds <>]

Hi, 

no where near as good a shots or as interesting a plumage, but perhaps a similar behaviour.

I took these two shots last week, through the flyscreen.

Have only had Satin Bowerbirds regularly in the garden this year, and usually only see one or two at a time, but sometimes up to 8 or 9 birds. 

One of the green birds (perhaps this one??) was displaying with blue and yellow objects recently, doing the dance and whirring noises, but no bower.

But I digress. I thought it might be sunning itself, but maybe there is another reason??

Christine

On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:43 AM Mark Clayton <> wrote:

Hi Bill,

Great shot of a male coming into his first adult plumage at 7 years of age. He could be just enjoying the sun while sunbathing or his moult might be a tad irritating for him.

Mark

On 15/01/2021 9:42 am, Bill Roberts via Canberrabirds wrote:

Hi COG list members,

I took this photo yesterday after interrupting the bird raiding my veggie patch. 

He flew off a short distance and appeared to "sun bathe" in this posture for about five minutes (long enough for me to go inside and grab my camera).

There is a bower in my back garden so I regularly see the birds, but this pose is unusual (to me).

Regards,

Bill

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