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TOOK THESE THIS MORNING IN AT NEXT DOORS MULBERRY TREES
this we call red eye.



and this we think is a satin bird of sorts.
cheers pa

Turn the flash off Pa, you're getting redeyes...

The first is a yellow bellied thap thucker...yeesh, his eyes are red, too much nectar of some sort and a big night out no doubt...

Hey Pa - first one is a male figbird, and the second is the common koel, also a male, who will hopefully find a nice girlfriend, and they will lay eggs in the poor figbirds nest ...... koels are parasitic on nests of Orioles in particular - of which the figbird is one Pretty interesting, as the koel eggs usually hatch first, and the hatchling will actually roll the other eggs out of the nest !!!

well done

Rel

thanks for the information max and rel.the female of the koel from memory is deep green,does that sound right to you rel.
cheers pa

Hey Pa - the female is definitely NOT green ... not sure what bird your referring to???? This is a link to a shot of a female koel I just pulled off the web ..... http://www.charliesbirdblog.com/~charli ... oel_01.jpg

Pa, I think the second bird has you confused with the satin bower bird. The male is a similar colour and the female is green.
The shot of the figbird is a beauty. Shame he wasn't on a branch for a more natural appeal to the shot.
Cheers, Mick

thanks rel i dont remember seeing a bird like your link.when the sun shines on these they go blue/black.mick last year i saw a deep green bird flying with this or a similar bird.
cheers pa