Hi Mark,
Judging by the amount of red on the forehead and throat, the top bird
looks like this year's young. The egg is laid in winter and the chick
leaves the nest around October (at least in the Blue Mountains) so
this bird would probably only be about a month out of the nest.
Hard to say what the bottom bird is without seeing the tail in detail
but if the two were together it would likely be the mother.
Cheers,
Carol
At 2:13 PM +1100 11/11/14, Youngs FamilyMail wrote:
Hi,
I photographed 2 Superb Lyrebirds this morning, and I think 1 was female
and the other was male, but as I'm not overly familiar with these birds, I
was hoping someone could have a look at the following picture and let me
know for sure.
I think the top bird is a female, but looking at Morcombe's it could also
be an imm male, and the bottom bird was the male. Neither of the birds have
any plumes in their tails.
Link to image: http://bit.ly/1zIgv7j
Regards,
Mark
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