Fwd: Some birds I can't identify....

[Russell Woodford <>]

> From: Samantha Colquhoun <>
> Date: 23 January 2010 5:58:32 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Some birds I can't identify....
>
> Hi, my name's Sam, I live in the Bannockburn district, Lloyd Nielsen  
> pointed me in your direction. We've been getting some newer birds in  
> our area as of late. A few years ago, some kids in the court used to  
> target the local birds, forcing them away. Since they've left, the  
> birds have been coming back. We've seen rainbow lorikeets, fairy  
> wrens, some resident rather tame sparrows, one named Sparrowhawk,  
> because he comes right up to you for food (Which we happily supply-  
> slightly hardened bread, and hardened cakes, bacon rinds, meat  
> slightly turning), and we've seen two generations of magpies born.  
> (Hence the meat, the magpies love it. They even come up onto the  
> porch in hopes we have something on us.) On top of all of that, we  
> have some galahs, one year, there was a white galah, but no pics  
> were taken, sadly. We also have the usual nectar eating birds.
> The last week or so we've had a few birds dropping in regularly that  
> we can't identify. One, I assume the male, is a bright green, his  
> mate is a paler colour, rather greyish. I managed to get some pics  
> of them, and I was hoping you could identify them... Sorry for any  
> blurriness, my camera hates zoom. They stay on the ground mostly,  
> eating seeds and scrounging around, and don't seem bothered by any  
> other birds, though the magpies get territorial now and then.... The  
> male has some colouring on his stomach, it looks a bit orange, but I  
> don't think he's an orange breasted.
> I've put some links in at the bottom of the email... the originals  
> seem to have disappeared off my hard drive, so you'll have to copy  
> and paste them. They're direct links to the pictures on my  
> photobucket account. Hopefully, you can help me. I have some friends  
> in America who love seeing pics of the local wildlife, as it's so  
> different to what they have, and I like to give the correct  
> information. "Random parrot" doesn't exactly do much for them, lol.
> Thank you for your time :)
>
> xxSam
>
> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot1.jpg
> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot2.jpg
> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot3.jpg
> http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/parrot4.jpg
>
> This says Email and IM, so maybe this will work too, if the above  
> links do not.
> http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/?action=view&current=parrot2.jpg
> http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn223/Luecleste/?action=view&current=parrot4.jpg
>
> Thank you again for your time :)
>
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>
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