^ Then it's a Starling in winter plumage.
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^ Then it's a Starling in winter plumage.
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A female Koel Bird
Good call, methinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warwick
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Sadly getting rare in the UK now. As a kid i used to see clouds of them circling and roosting - fantastic aerial displays but you don't see that much now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warwick
A purple sunbird nesting just ouside my kitchen window.
Photos of the male and female
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Another visitor to the garden for someone (Nev?) to identify...
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^ Oriental Pied Robin
I don't think it's an oriental magpie robin, Warwick. They have much more white underneath, covering the lower half of their bellies.
Magpie robins (male and female)
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I think it is a pied bushchat (below).
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I agree. I bow to your superior knowledge :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
I have never seen one of those before.
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I think I am on safer ground with a White Throated Kingfisher
I haven't seen many but the ones I've seen have all been in or near rice fields.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warwick
^ Our garden borders onto rice field. Here is the male again with a better exposure...hard to get detail of black on a sunny day.
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Is this the female?
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Yes, it looks like a female pied bushchat, Troy. A nice photo of it too.
I saw this Golden Weaver yesterday.
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^ Always wondered what these birds were. Seen a few in my garden but never managed to get a photo. I don't see them until they are startled or have an obstructed view.
Thanks for the ident...lots of garden birds around that I would like an I'd on.
You've probably seen quite a few of these around your garden, Troy.
Scaly Breasted Munia.
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No problem. Post a few up and I'll see what I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Troy
I'll try Nev, but not easy for me. That munia above has no detail when I take a shot. In the garden, the dogs scare them away too easily. I have a week to see what I can manage.
Nice pic btw...
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I keep trying to get a better picture but this is the best I have managed so far
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A lonely Lovebird
^ A nice looking bird. An escaped cage bird?
There is a nest with a pair of Scaly Breasted Munia in a native, shrubby tree beside the house. They look a boring brown from a distance but close up they are quite attactive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
When I pointed them out to the gf she told me her grandmother used to like them. It took a moment before I realised that her grandmother liked them to eat.
Isaan. What can one say?