Variegated wrens and red backed wrens living together

[peter crow <>]

Hello Belinda,

Variegated and Red-backed Fairy-Wrens are quite common together in  
Brisbane. In places add superb to the mix.
Peter
On 26/08/2008, at 12:53 PM, Belinda Cassidy wrote:

> We've spent the week trying to get some pictures of the local wrens in
> Brisbane. Its a great feeling, knowing that a pretty big colony is  
> thriving
> right in the middle of a smallish city forest, tightly packed in  
> along with
> many potential predators including what appears to be a nesting  
> pair of
> raptors (still to be ID'd as Goshawks or Collared sparrowhawks),  
> magpies,
> drongos, Pied & grey butcherbirds..
>
> They have a nice habitat, consisting of a lantana undergrowth that  
> extends
> well into the forest, with vines growing all over it, and some tall  
> grass
> that kind of joins the pockets of lantana.
>
> We were surprised to find that the `colony' consists of both red  
> backed
> fairy wrens and variegated fairy wrens, at differing levels of  
> maturity with
> many interesting hybrid feather colourings in the young males.
>
> They are very active right now, and gathering dry  grass and  
> `fluff' for
> their nests. here are some pics for anyone who loves wrens like we do:
>
> 1. Immature Red backed fairy wren:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/wren.jpg
>
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/ 
> RedBackedFairyWren1.jpg
> 2.His Mate collecting bits for her nest:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/ 
> RedBackedFairyWren2.jpg
> 3.Immature Variegated fairy wren, with just few blue facial feathers:
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/ 
> VariegatedFairyWren.jpg
> 4. Adult Male variegated fairy wren:
>
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/ 
> VariegatedFairyWren4.jpg
> http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/ 
> VariegatedFairyWren5.jpg
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