Took a couple of shots of this very pale looking Kookaburra, is it a juvenile or winter colours maybe?
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Hi Hev, I see a lot of color variations amongst the Kooka groups on our golf course (including the black one I posted last summer). The books I’ve got just say the juvs a more buff or duller like the females … from observation I recon that juvs also have shorter spiky feathers on their heads.
I looked up a couple of photo sights:
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/
and
http://www.birdway.com.au/australianbirds.htm
Some images show a very white breast and under-parts like your guy.
fabulous bird hey!
VJ
Hi VJ, wow wow wow! thanks for the link to Graeme Chapman's website, have added to 'my favourites' what awesome shots, very inspiring to get better shots. (which hopefully I will be able to when I get my sigma 150-500 lens in September :)
Yes I agree, must be juvenile colours, and yes they are beautiful birds, one just landed on my balcony outside my window, he is wondering where the cat food is that he normally steals... unfortunately my cat was killed by a car a couple of weeks back :( and so he wont be getting that treat anymore.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Hi again Hev, a few months ago we lost our cat to cancer/old age and the next day the local Mrs. Magpie appeared on our back landing. First time in maybe ten years.
Lots of views on feeding wild birds, but we started placing finely sliced meat in a small dish on the railing(not mince, as mince sticks to the roof of the mouth, causes big problems).
Now the grey Butcherbirds visit daily and the five menbers of the Magpie family visit ocassionally.
Their presence sort of compensates for the loss of the cat.
Cheers!
VJ
Hi VJ, that's a nice story. I have noticed a lot more birds coming up onto the deck since Bob (the cat!) is not here... not because he terrorised the birds (he wouldn't dare!) but because we don't have the sound of father christmas and his sleigh bells running around the deck playing with his also-many-belled-cat friend from next door!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best