Bowerbird?

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mitchell.serena
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Bowerbird?

This cute guy bounces around on our lawn and eats insects. It's really shy and won't let me get anywhere near it for a better photo. Can't find a good match using the bird finder. Location is Central Coast, NSW not far from a wet gully and also eucalypt woodland. Is it perhaps a juvenile male satin bowerbird? 

Steven.McBride
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Common(aka Eurasian) Blackbird

Woko
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A species to be discouraged as it successfully competes with several  active species. Type <Blackbird>into the search box near the top of his page for further info

rictannerman
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Agree with above. Spotted an immature blackbird in Avoca Beach this week, my first for the area. Hopefully not a sign of things to come.

Regards,

RT

Woko
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The drought at my place in SA seems to be discouraging this species (along with a number of other bird species). There’s only one left compared with the usual four or more. And there was no breeding at all last spring which saved me heaps of time & effort in eradicating their nests! Every non cloud has a silver lining, I guess. 

Lightuningbird
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Iv also notest a decline in starlings, there’s also a several falcons and a goshawk, wich are picking off the rest.

Wimmera mally region, Vic.

rictannerman
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That is interesting, perhaps they are moving coastward from the interior of NSW. Nice when nature gives us a helping hand in pest eradication... Now we just need a deep freeze in northern Australia to sort out the cane toads!

RT

Woko
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I rarely see a Common Starling or House Sparrow these days - least of all at my place in SA. The decline to virtually zero where I live has been occurring over the last 15 years or so. I've put it down to improved habitat for a variety of other bird species, particularly for raptors. However, I was told by a source I could best describe as unreliable that the reason for the decline is increased exhaust emissions from cars, trucks & buses. Perhaps other Birds in Backyarders can comment on this. But it seems to me that the severe drought we're undergoing would be a big disadvantage to bird species from colder climes. So there might be several factors at play here. 

As for cane toads....

Lightuningbird
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Cane toads.... those things kill anything that touches them. Iv been told the torisin crows hav learnt to flip them over and eat there bellies, the un-poisonnes part.

as I say, the best thing you can do with a cane toad is freez it and play cricket with the frozen toad.

Wimmera mally region, Vic.

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