Another standoff at the water bowl. This time between the colourful Crimson Rosella and a bird I have yet to identify, perhaps an immature Oriole ( see yesterday’s birds)?
Update: the bird on the right is a moulting male Satin Bowerbird, see this post.
More entries:
* Rosella Art
* Female Bowerbird
* Male Bowerbird
* Bowerbird Art
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Rosella in Wikipedia
* Bowerbird in Birdlife
* Bowerbird in Wikipedia
Two regular guests at the bird bath are a native pigeon (aka Common Bronzewing ) and the Oriole[?]. There is a hierarchy among our bird visitors, typically bigger birds demand access before smaller birds, but an occasional skirmish is common. On this occasion, neither bird is willing to budge.
NB. Thanks to a lead from an old friend, Karl Ankers, we now think the bird on the right is the Satin Bowerbird.
More Satin Bowerbird entries:
* Art
* Satin Bowerbird
* Male Bowerbird
More Bronzewing entries :
* Art
* Taking Turns
* Three is a Crowd
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Bowerbird Birdlife entry
* Bowerbird Wikipedia
* Bronzewing Wikipedia