Any suggestions then? I did get the impression that it was associating with the
SFW, but perhaps not. Perhaps the answer is that there really was no barring
and that it was just a SFW itself.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikolas Haass
> Sent: Friday, 25 January 2013 8:52 AM
> To: Peter Shute; 'Birding Australia'
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Size of juvenile Bronze-cuckoos
>
> Hi Peter,
>
>
> Two things speak against Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo:
> (1) size (compared to Superb Fairy-wren)
> (2) barring (fledgling HBCs should be unbarred)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Nikolas
>
> ----------------
> Nikolas Haass
>
> Sydney, NSW
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Peter Shute <>
> To: 'Birding Australia' <>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 8:36 AM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Size of juvenile Bronze-cuckoos
>
>
> The other day I was walking past Mt St Joseph pond in Altona
> (Vic), and noticed a tiny bird sitting on a branch. I had no
> binoculars, but at first I thought it was a White-browed
> Scrubwren because it appeared to have some white markings on
> its face. But it was very small, and just moved further up
> the branch when I moved a bit closer.
>
> Then a Superb Fairy-wren approached it, and I could see that
> their body sizes were almost the same. I also thought I could
> see some partial barring on its chest, suggesting
> Horsefield's Bronze-cuckoo, but the tiny size doesn't seem right.
>
> I assume it hadn't fledged yet, or it would have tried to fly
> away. Can anyone tell me whether a young HBC could be fully
> feathered and climbing about in a tree, yet still not much
> bigger than a SFW?
>
> Incidentally, the pond is totally dry at the moment, apart
> from a tiny puddle right under the outfall of the drain under
> the north platform.
>
> Peter Shute
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