Patrick,
Young males practise their display techniques for years. Sometimes an adult
male will join the group for a short time to show them how it is done. The
young males even take turns at playing the female roll. I would suggest that
there is something reflective in the UV range in the feathers of brown males
as they practise the flicking movement which shifts the green iridescence to
blue and v.v. in the adults. Now there is a little displaying of adult males
which have just finished their moult. Or is it their malt? No that's me!
Females are not interested. Full on displaying gets underway in August and
is over by mid December in most years.
Regards,
Alan
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From: "Patrick Scully" <>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:11 PM
To: <>
Subject: Birds on the Cairns forshore in June, the
displaying of Victoria's Riflebird and finding the Golden Bowerbird
Hi all,
A big thanks to all the people who have sent me excellent ideas and
suggestions. I contacted John Chambers at lake Eacham, and for those with
little kiddies, he was very baby friendly. John told me something very
interesting about the Victoria's Riflebird, that it takes 7, yes seven
years
for the young males to get the dark blue full male colouring and that
during
June the males seem to practice displaying. John was not sure if it is
just
the males getting their full male colours or all the males. This seems
incredible to me.
Happy birding,
Patrick
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Patrick Scully <>
wrote:
Hi fellow birders,
I'm thinking of heading up to Cairns in June and wondering if anyone
knows
what if any birds I might find on the Cairns Esplanade? Also I was
reading
that the Victoria's Riflebird displays during the mating season, but does
this mean that it also does other displays at other times of the year as
well, but not the elaborate ones for mating? And I read that some of the
guides do not look for the Golden Bowerbird before August. Does this mean
that it is very difficult to find at other times?
I'd love some feedback,
Patrick
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