Birds from Australia.

Have you guys seen this? Really cute story!
http://www.juliusbergh.com/cocky/

This message was edited Jan 6, 2007 5:13 PM

That is so neat!! I loved that story.

Chicken pepper! Great fun pics!

Ginger, the Birds of Australia site has a link to regional groups, QLD has a Nth and Sth one.

http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/about.html

I'm assuming you are Sth QLD

http://www.users.bigpond.com/basqld/

http://www.birdata.com.au/home_top.html

wallaby1
Just got in from gardening.
I will now check out these sites.
Thanks for finding them .
I`ll keep you Updated.
and Yes I`m SE Queensland.

This Pic. should have been with pic. #21
This was day 2 of the hatchlings.
It has stopped eating it`s leg and is now after bugs.

# 32

OMG what a great thread and a fabulous story Pell!! Love these gorgeous birds

oh what a awesome link. I love happy endings

Do we have an ID on that bird? Drives me *nuts* to see the way it was being held... grrrrrrrr!!!! :)

Before I go researching, I would like to add that it looks to be in the starling/myna/grackle family.

http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/common_myna.htm

Common myna. Sorry to read it's an introduced species and held in low regard :(



This message was edited Jan 6, 2007 10:50 PM

Oh magpied I think you are right, such a shame it wasn't the rare one, but the white under wings wasn't mentioned with that one. It's similar Noisy Miner is a Honeyeater too, but the Common Miner fits.

The Common Myna measures 23cm - 26cm. It is sometimes confused with the slightly larger (24cm - 29cm) Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala. Although, both have similar names, the Noisy Miner is actually a native honeyeater. Both have yellow bills, legs and bare eye skin, but the Common Myna is brown with a black head. In flight it shows large white wing patches. The Noisy Miner is mostly grey.

I am astounded by the colors of the birds in other parts of the world - although we get tons of feathered friends out here in the Pacific Northwest, there are none of the bright, vivid colors.

I have enjoyed this thread immensely - Ginger, you are quite the photographer and I adored the story of the cockateils from the link you shared. And I also learned from what you said about holding the birds, although I have had to hold them differently when picking them up after they hit my window! Anyway, thanks for your stories - and your studio must be wonderful!!

Pepper, you make me laugh.

Yep, making people laugh is my job!! LOL

Close up.

# 34

Ginger,
I could no doubt find scads of bird sites for ya', but I'm not sure what your specific interests are. A quick check for honeyeaters in your area yielded this site with lots o' pics: http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/index.htm

By the way, don't hold a bird by its legs!! This isn't safe for many species and one can easily break a bird's leg(s) in this manner. :O

Taken on a recent trip to O`Reilly`s.
This guy was scrounging food from the diners.

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This message was edited Jan 8, 2007 7:05 AM

Love that bird!!!