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15th May 2016, 11:13 PM #1
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Unknown bird
Hopefully some one will see this post and help me. This is the first time I have seen this species of little bird. It is on the Atherton Tablelands, 65km south west from Cairns. It has dug a hole in a soft earth bank and is taking nest making stuff into the hole.
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The stick it is sitting on is about 19mm thick, so it is quite small.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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16th May 2016, 01:39 AM #2
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We have similar on our property outside Melbourne. Nests in a hole.
I always thought that they were Finches, but I stand to be corrected.
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16th May 2016, 11:35 AM #3
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Could be a Spotted Pardalote [Pardalotus Punctatus].
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16th May 2016, 06:58 PM #4
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try striated pardalote .... race melanocephalus
(id by my wife ... i thought maybe european goldfinch which shows i have heaps to learn)
regards david
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17th May 2016, 12:00 AM #5
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Thanks Dusteater, I think now the bird is a striated pardalote. Thanks for the heads up.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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