Hi Birding-Aussers,
I saw a lone brown bird yesterday morning in a birch tree outside my living
room window which I could not ID. I caught only a brief glance, but enough to
perplex me and make me want to attempt to work it out - initially when it left
I thought that perhaps it might be 'just' a female House Sparrow, I just wasn't
expecting one there, though they are around a couple of streets away. It was
similar in some respects to a House Sparrow, though it seemed a little larger
and not quite as plump, with longer legs and what I realised later is that its
bill was not right - not as finch-like, more slender. On checking the Simpson
and Day I also realised there did not appear to be pale wing bars. The
colouring, was otherwise very similar and the eye was too, which I guess rules
out things like robins, whistlers, etc. It stopped briefly in the tree, hopping
from one branch to another, then moved on. We have quite a bit of bush around
our place and often see birds passing through on migration. (We also have some
bloodwoods around and they are all in flower, in fact the Blue Mountains are
awash with the pale yellow of flowering gums right now.)
On leafing through the guide I can't come up with anything that fits, other
than female Brown Songlark, though there was no central dark patch. Sorry, no
photo, and I appreciate more detail would be helpful, but I'm not hoping to
make a positive ID (probably a female or juvenile something-or-other). If
anyone has tips they can share on how they go about trying to identify these
sorts of birds I'd be most grateful, as the learning curve is steep and
neverending, and I know I'm not the only one in Birding-Aus-land who would
benefit.
cheers,
Arwen
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Arwen Blackwood Ximenes
Lawson, Blue Mountains, NSW
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