Thanks to an old friend, Karl Ankers, we’ve decided the bird from an earlier post (and pictured above) is the Satin Bowerbird. They’ve been regulars at the water bowl. The male apparently develops a satiny black sheen after seven years, so I assume one of the these is a young male…
Learn more about the Satin Bowerbird
More Satin Bowerbird entries:
* Drinks Hierarchy
* Art
* Male Bowerbird
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Birdlife entry
* Wikipedia