G'day fishy,
It's a New-Holland Honeyeater. They look very similar to the White-cheeked Honeyeaters, except the WCHE's have a large white cheek patch and a dark eye.
Hi Fishy
Yes - Rainbow Lorikeet
Lat two shots almost certainly a Collared Sparrowhawk.
Brown Goshawks is very similar, generally, but you looks fine in features, and therefore probably at male. They are very small, elegant Hawks.
Cheers
Denis
The image of the Collared SparrowHawk was taken just before it devoured a Laughing Dove in my backyard. I walked outside to see what I thought was two bird flirting mid flight. The laughing dove saw me a flew for me but ended up flighting straight into a window. I attempted to help fend the Collared SparrowHawk off but he outwitted me and ended up with Dove.
Interesting story, Fishy.
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If I were you I would encourage this fine raptor to catch any Laughing Doves and Indian Mynas. It is after all, a bird-catcher by nature. It might as well eat introduced species.
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Shame you don't have an image of the Sparrowhawk with its meal. For one thing it would confirm the ID, through a size comparison.
I've had to rescue owls that could not even lift their head up due to advanced spread of this disease in their body. They have to be euthanased. It's horrible.
also wanted to say it's a good example of a 'hidden' impact of an introduced animal, which most people would probably have thought of as benign
just because something isn't a predator doesn't mean it doesnt impact other animals....
G'day fishy,
It's a New-Holland Honeyeater. They look very similar to the White-cheeked Honeyeaters, except the WCHE's have a large white cheek patch and a dark eye.
Thanks for that ... now I can do some research on the bird.
Also, I'm pretty such that this bird is the Rainbow Lorikeet
And is this bird a falcon?
Hi Fishy
Yes - Rainbow Lorikeet
Lat two shots almost certainly a Collared Sparrowhawk.
Brown Goshawks is very similar, generally, but you looks fine in features, and therefore probably at male. They are very small, elegant Hawks.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
The image of the Collared SparrowHawk was taken just before it devoured a Laughing Dove in my backyard. I walked outside to see what I thought was two bird flirting mid flight. The laughing dove saw me a flew for me but ended up flighting straight into a window. I attempted to help fend the Collared SparrowHawk off but he outwitted me and ended up with Dove.
*The laughing dove saw me and flew for me but ended up flying straight into a window.
Interesting story, Fishy.
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If I were you I would encourage this fine raptor to catch any Laughing Doves and Indian Mynas. It is after all, a bird-catcher by nature. It might as well eat introduced species.
.
Shame you don't have an image of the Sparrowhawk with its meal. For one thing it would confirm the ID, through a size comparison.
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Nice photos. Would be nice having a raptor land on your windowsill.
Unfortunately many pigeons have a disease which passes on to raptors so the more of them they eat the more likely they are to contract it.
what disease is that?
Trichomoniasis / canker
Often called 'frounce' in birds of prey.
I've had to rescue owls that could not even lift their head up due to advanced spread of this disease in their body. They have to be euthanased. It's horrible.
thanks very much for that info!
also wanted to say it's a good example of a 'hidden' impact of an introduced animal, which most people would probably have thought of as benign
just because something isn't a predator doesn't mean it doesnt impact other animals....