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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Rufous Whistler gives game away
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Very smart observations Tony. That juvenile hardly looks as if it could fly yet. The lack of tail feathers is really cute!
ReplyDeleteMick is right. Watching "birdlings" like this one trying to fly is quite funny, really.
ReplyDeleteYou were very sensitive to leave the chick and parent alone. Very vulnerable at that stage.
Yummy for one of your Pythons or Goannas.
Cheers
Denis
Hi Mick: Guess the tails just take up nest space and are not needed till are more or less ready to fly. You may have seen Black or Whistling Kites temporarily without any tail feathers and though probably lacking the finest aerial ability still able to compete with other kites in the air.
ReplyDeleteHi Denis: Not such an unsafe place, halfway up scleria. Tree snakes might cruise by, but otherwise few predators hang about in the dry creek beds. Survive the first day or so and most young birds get back into 'safety' of low trees.
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ReplyDeleteOutstanding photos!
Thanks for your visits, Andy. You take some pretty good stuff, yourself.
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