Hello,
Not quite two years ago I spent four weeks in Australia starting
in late February. It was a wonderful trip. I saw 270+ species of
birds that I managed to identify (plus more that I unfortunately
couldn't identify) and took several thousand pictures. Several
months ago I let myself be persuaded to say I'd do a program
about some of that trip for our local bird club. In the process
of sorting through my pictures to pick out the ones I want to
use for the program, I've realized that I never got around to
asking about the ones with birds I can't identify, mostly
relatively non-descript brown and gray birds. So, if anyone
feels like playing "identify that bird", I'd appreciate some
help.
My bird pictures from that trip are here:
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/show.dml?id=732187> I'd be
happy for any corrections or comments about any of them, but in
specific, the ones I really want help with are as follows.
I saw this one in Katoomba, NSW. I saw what seemed to be the
same species in at least two or three different places. It was
medium-sized, mostly brown with a scaly-looking breast and
otherwise fairly non-descript.
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=10081020#bigimg>
and
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=92949781#bigimg>
.
This little brown bird was also in Katoomba, in Blue Mountains
National Park, in the forest along a small stream.
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=10081023>
Another little brown bird, this one at Mt Hypipanee in
Queensland. Maybe a Brown Thornbill? (The thornbills gave me
trouble. I saw plenty of them, but identifying them without help
was problematic.)
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=9885352#bigimg>
Another little bird in the same general location.
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=9885369#bigimg>
And a third.
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=9885326#bigimg>
This one was in a forest at Mt Field National Park in Tasmania.
It seemed to be all brown with orangish legs & feet. (There are
some white spotches that are probably issues with the camera's
reaction to uneven lighting, rather than actual white markings
on the bird.)
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=12386238>
Moving on to gray birds, this one was at Eaglehawk Neck in
Tasmania
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=12031241#bigimg>
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=12031261#bigimg>
As was this one
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=12031188#bigimg>
This one was at Peter Murrell Reserve in Tasmania (I think
these are both the same individual but I'm not completely sure.)
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=92946251#bigimg>
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=92946251#bigimg>
This plover was on a beach at Cape Tribulation in far northern
Queensland
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=10646920>
And finally, anyone who can figure out what this blurry bird in
the Curtain Fig in Yungaburra, Queensland is wins the grand
prize of my little bird ID game. It was small, all brown as far
as I could tell and had pinkish legs and feet. It did a lot of
flitting around and was almost certainly not the same as any
other bird I saw on the trip. Unfortunately, this has to be one
of the worst bird pictures ever. The head isn't visible at all,
just the legs and rear.
<http://my.opera.com/kknight/albums/showpic.dml?album=732187&picture=9885328>
Thanks to anyone who can provide some help.
--
Katrina Knight
Reading, PA, USA
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