Hi Tony
It was in a tree on the RHS boat ramp near the Celebrity Tree park at Lake
Kununurra near town centre. The birds were flying between the tree and the
typha reeds.
Gary
On 12 February 2010 20:46, Tony Russell <> wrote:
> Hi Gary, interesting. Where exactly in Kununurra did you see it ?
>
> Tony
>
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> Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 7:15 PM
> To: Chris Sanderson; birding aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] kununurra
>
> Hi Chris
>
> The first time I saw it, it was in the half light and you know how straight
> away you see a bird and you know that you haven't seen it before? I
> immediately saw the size and the white eyebrow and also that I hadn't seen
> this bird previously. The next day I saw it again and again today in same
> place in good light. I did hear it call, it was a deep explosive kind of
> a
> noise. There were two of them at times and they appear to be nesting or
> courting as they would fly from the tree to the reeds. I saw one of the
> birds raise the feathers on its head(I couldn't see the other bird) on a
> number of occasions and at some of these times it had something in its
> bill. Once this something was a feather. The only thing which made me
> doubt the ID, was not being in reeds but I see from Pizzey that both
> Australian Reed Warbler and Oriental habitat is not just reeds.
>
> This morning an Australian Reed Warbler came into the same tree and the
> Oriental chased it out. The Australian Reed Warbler was noticeably smaller
> and darker colour on the back, with not such a prominent eyebrow.
>
> No photograph I am afraid, but to my eye, the bird was easily distinguished
> from Australian Reed Warbler. I would be interested in comments from those
> familiar with the species though in case I have missed something.
>
> Gary
>
> On 11 February 2010 17:14, Chris Sanderson <
> >wrote:
>
> > Hey Gary,
> >
> > Did you hear it call, or get a photo at all? Were you using any features
> > other than size for the ID?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Gary Wright
> <>wrote:
> >
> >> I'm in Kununurra at the moment and a couple of sightings of interest
> have
> >> been Barn Swallows on the golf course and Oriental Reed Warbler. This
> >> bird
> >> was a much larger and paler bird than Australian Reed Warbler and was in
> a
> >> tree next to reeds at boat ramp near Celebrity Tree park. Pizzey
> states
> >> as part of habitat as "over and near water", so I take that to mean
> that
> >> it
> >> is not restricted to reeds? Is that correct?
> >>
> >> There were also a large number of Brush Cuckoos there calling but not
> the
> >> "fear" call.
> >>
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