I went for a walk through the Gunbower Island forest this morning, and there were black birds there everywhere. To start with I thought they were crows but they were not, a little smaller, not squawking, and when they flew off they had white under their wings. They were really pretty when in flight. Just wondering what they are.
Hurls said
01:51 PM Feb 23, 2014
Could be Currawongs. About the size of a magpie with yellow eyes. Noisy at times.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Hurls
Sheba said
02:36 PM Feb 23, 2014
Hurls wrote:
Could be Currawongs. About the size of a magpie with yellow eyes. Noisy at times.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Hurls
Here's a Pic. Sharon.
On the other hand, maybe it was a Dollar Bird.
Cheers,
Sheba.
kandagal said
02:54 PM Feb 23, 2014
Could also be white winged chuffs. They have red eyes.
shekon said
05:22 PM Feb 23, 2014
Thanks guys, not sure about the colour of the eyes. The name currawong rings a bell. Oh well they were majestic as they took flight.
Happywanderer said
05:27 PM Feb 23, 2014
I was thinking apostle bird but maybe not.
Coming across from St George to Goondiwindi today I came upon a large flight of hawks. They were circling around like vultures above a dead kangaroo on the road.
They must have dispersed when the saw me coming. A beautiful sight, if only I had my camera ready.
billeeeeeee said
05:58 PM Feb 23, 2014
Greeting and Salutation Fellow bird lovers, your description, of the bird , seems to indicate to me , that it is a Sea Gull, hope this helps , Billeeeeeee
Those birds on gunbower island are what they call a black jay,I was told about them when I was 6 year old,maybe I was told wrongly,I stand to be corrected,
Watching QI the other night on telly, I learned that 'sea gull' is a misnomer. Gulls are not sea birds but land birds that live near the sea, and they are called simply 'gulls'. So there. :p
shekon said
08:33 AM Feb 24, 2014
Thanks for that Billeeeeee, I had not thought of a sea gull, they could well have been, it is warm up here so maybe they just had darn good tans.
Now I am going to have to go and ask one of the locals exactly what they are, as there are many thoughts to the name of the birds. I did not even get a photo of them as they are quite timid and flew off as soon as I started walking towards them. Great bush walk through the island though.
Wandering Whitfields said
08:58 AM Feb 24, 2014
They are called Chuffs, and we have them here in Victoria, a very sociable group of birds.
Wandering Whitfields said
08:59 AM Feb 24, 2014
Sorry about my spelling.
jules47 said
09:08 AM Feb 24, 2014
Gloria and Daryl - I always spell it "chuffs" - it sort of suits them - stole a sausage off our bbq once!!!!!!! It was hilarious watching them fight over it!
shekon said
11:00 AM Feb 24, 2014
Found it, talking to the park manager, armed with brochures, the bird as Johnq has kindly noted is indeed
I went for a walk through the Gunbower Island forest this morning, and there were black birds there everywhere. To start with I thought they were crows but they were not, a little smaller, not squawking, and when they flew off they had white under their wings. They were really pretty when in flight. Just wondering what they are.
Could be Currawongs. About the size of a magpie with yellow eyes. Noisy at times.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Hurls
Coming across from St George to Goondiwindi today I came upon a large flight of hawks. They were circling around like vultures above a dead kangaroo on the road.
They must have dispersed when the saw me coming. A beautiful sight, if only I had my camera ready.
Greeting and Salutation Fellow bird lovers, your description, of the bird , seems to indicate to me , that it is a Sea Gull, hope this helps , Billeeeeeee
Those birds on gunbower island are what they call a black jay,I was told about them when I was 6 year old,maybe I was told wrongly,I stand to be corrected,
lance C
White-winged Chough do flock.
This might help,http://gunbower.vic.au/assets/document/1367325293-6788_brochure_proof.pdf
Now I am going to have to go and ask one of the locals exactly what they are, as there are many thoughts to the name of the birds. I did not even get a photo of them as they are quite timid and flew off as soon as I started walking towards them. Great bush walk through the island though.
They are called Chuffs, and we have them here in Victoria, a very sociable group of birds.
Sorry about my spelling.
A white-winged Chough(do).
Pheww another mystery resolved.