I was going blackbird but the head and gape is too wide, nest is not very compact like a blackbirds is. So given the gape in the chicks and beak and wing shape I am going to go some sort of woodswallow.
Ken.
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Hi Craig, sorry to keep going on about this bird but if you look on the page before the Greenshank you'll see that the Wood Sandpiper is a much better fit. The dark crown, white brow, short straight bill and very spotted wings are a dead give away. I'll stake my birding reputation on it lol.bill
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Craig52 wrote:That's a fairly poor pic,but going by Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds,it is a Green Shank to a tee.Pictorella wrote:Sorry Craig but it definitely isn't a Greenshank. Greenshanks are long legged, white fronted and have a slightly upturned beak. Still going with Wood Sandpiper.....which is a much cooler bird then a boring old greenshank lol.Craig52 wrote:You take the points Ian,it's a green shankCraig
Agree with young Pictorella.
Yes,young pictorella, Cheers Craig
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I don't know yet what mine are; I am waiting for a reply to hear what the parents look like.
I was thinking blackbird, but after looking at the woodswallow nests/eggs in the Beruldsen book (Aust. Birds, their nests and their eggs) a woodswallow would also be a good fit.
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I was thinking blackbird, but after looking at the woodswallow nests/eggs in the Beruldsen book (Aust. Birds, their nests and their eggs) a woodswallow would also be a good fit.
Will post any new info that comes to hand....
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The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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Craig52 wrote:House finch/Purple finch?finches247 wrote:What bird Is this ?
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I find this quite funny, so what Greenshank or Wood Sandpiper? They both look very similar as to what I have googled. Who can definitively give us a result? Who cares, both birds have come a long way and will probably do it 5 or 6 times which means they have flown round the earth heaps of times. Got to marvel such at such a little feathered friend.
Love this post, get to see so many wonderful things.
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Love this post, get to see so many wonderful things.
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That's a fairly poor pic,but going by Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds,it is a Green Shank to a tee.Pictorella wrote:Hi Craig, sorry to keep going on about this bird but if you look on the page before the Greenshank you'll see that the Wood Sandpiper is a much better fit. The dark crown, white brow, short straight bill and very spotted wings are a dead give away. I'll stake my birding reputation on it lol.bill
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Craig52 wrote:Pictorella wrote:Sorry Craig but it definitely isn't a Greenshank. Greenshanks are long legged, white fronted and have a slightly upturned beak. Still going with Wood Sandpiper.....which is a much cooler bird then a boring old greenshank lol.Craig52 wrote:You take the points Ian,it's a green shank
Agree with young Pictorella.
Ok,lets agree to disagree
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Not a Bunting Is from similar group though.
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Yes,A Lesser Redpoll not in breeding colouration.SamDavis wrote:I can hardly see it. My guess based on NZ and just a supernatural feeling is... Redpoll????