Garden Bird Pictures

[Lisbeth]

[Dewi]

Stunning sequences of the Grey-headed Bush-shrikes Leachy.

I was also going to suggest the same as Nan has that the one with more orange on the breast is the male, but on doing a bit of reading up, the sexes are alike. If you can observe them, the male will be bringing in food to the female and she will solicit from him with trembling wings. The male will also be the one singing the ghostly sounding song. If you can seperate which is which from behaviour, that will tell you which sex the one with most orange on the breast is and vice-versa.

Great Touraco pics earlier as well.


STF - lovely pics of the Mousebirds.

[nan]

Thanks for the infos Dewi

[leachy]

wednesday was a busy day...

they slaughtered a skink....
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wedged him in the tree ....

and began to dismember him..
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dewi......thanks for the information.....

this would then be the female as you can she her exhibiting the

wing trembling behaviour
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here we can see them competing for the femur......
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i can only guess that this might be the torso of a slug moth larvae
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[nan]

well observed
they are very activ
have they already family to feed

magnificent pictures
and now better than the TV... to follow these birds, new episode each day

[Sprocky]

Absolutely phenomenal sequence of images!!! Well done leachy!!!!

[Dewi]

Wow! Another brilliant sequence Leachy.

Great that you have caught the wing trembling behaviour nicely.

[Mel]

Cannibals Those pix where you can still recognize the skink's leg
are scary. But stunning series!

[Lisbeth]

Splendid! But I must come here later in the day; those pics puts my stomach upside down

[Pumbaa]

What great episodes, leachy