Another day in paradise !!!

Well this morning saw us go up to cuckoo corner along the Malurus trail to do a bit of ringing. We hadn't been there before but as there are quite a few flowering trees up there we thought it would be worth a go. It was very quiet to start with but soon livened up at about 9 am.

We were treated to a superb pair of Red backed fairy wren, the male in stuning breeding plumage whilst the female was in dull brown....so much so we didn't even take a photo !




Singing honeyeaters although common around the obs are not caught often so it was nice to net a few to get to grips with the condition of the plumage and ageing this species



Again, whilst relativley common, we have yet to ring many Rufous whistler, but today saw us catch pair so we could compare the plumage wear and difference in greater covert colour to attempt to age them.