Hi Jenny, That could well be the case. Pizzey has the juvenile birds with black bills but it seemed to me that the young birds lacked colour in general. But of course, you could be right that progressively birds develop the red ear patches. Best wishes, Patrick Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Feb … Read more
Hi Patrick, We have just been viewing Red-eared Firetails too, but at Lesmurdie Falls, WA. Looking at photos online it appears that Juveniles get the spots before they get their ear-patch colour, so the birds you saw were probably well grown but young birds. From Jenny Stiles, Sydney > >> On 27 Feb 2015, at … Read more
Some on the list may be able to assist. Carl Clifford Begin forwarded message: > From: “simonroddis@yahoo.co.uk [orientalbirding]” > Date: 27 February 2015 7:17:23 am AEDT > To: > Subject: [OB] Request for photographs of Tytonidae owls > Reply-To: simonroddis@yahoo.co.uk > > This is posted on behalf of Alexandre Roulin, a professor in Biology at … Read more
Hello Ashwin, Let’s hope the British birder was aware of the significance. I googled the warbler because I’ve never seen one. It looks like a scrubbie and also sounds like a scrubbie and considering that the White-browed Scrubwren is one of the commonest birds at Werri Beach, what are the chances? Incidentally Werri Beach is … Read more
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Peter Shute > Date: 27 February 2015 3:29:57 am AWST > To: Patrick Scully > Cc: “birding-aus-owner@birding-aus.org” > Subject: Re: Red eared Firetail at Cheynes Beach > > You’ve sent this to the wrong address, Patrick. The list address is birding-aus@birding-aus.org. > > Peter Shute > … Read more