Hi Mike & All,
Well having now seen your photo, that is absolutely
easy. It is entirely certainly (not probably) a Brown
Treecreeper (not a White-browed Treecreeper). I made the suggestion I did (that
it may actually be a White-throated Treecreeper), as I was only going by what
you wrote. I made the assumption that is usually far less offending
to people to suggest that they have used the wrong name, rather than
misidentified the bird.
As for the other bird, I don't know
and I didn't bother to check out the photos. Don't take this comment as overly
serious. It strikes me as entertaining though that so many people did try
and identify it. In the end, it is nice that people help, or is it responding to
a challenge? If it is not going to be an important record, I ask does it matter
all that much? A White-browed Treecreeper in a place like that would be worth
going to effort to verify or is that also true of a Jacky Winter or White-winged
Triller? There will be others there again on another day.
Philip
