What bird is that?

shekon · Guru

What bird is that?

Hurls · Senior Member

Could be Currawongs. About the size of a magpie with yellow eyes. Noisy at times.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Hurls

Sheba · Guru

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 · Guru

Could also be white winged chuffs. They have red eyes.

shekon · Guru

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 · The Master

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 · Guru

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

Happywanderer · The Master

You could be right there Billeeee, never thought of a seagull.

billeeeeeee · Guru

billeeeeeee · Guru

Olley46 · Guru

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

johnq · Guru

White-winged Chough do flock.

This might help,http://gunbower.vic.au/assets/document/1367325293-6788_brochure_proof.pdf

GaryKelly · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Veteran Member

They are called Chuffs, and we have them here in Victoria, a very sociable group of birds.

Wandering Whitfields · Veteran Member

Sorry about my spelling.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

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 · Guru

Found it, talking to the park manager, armed with brochures, the bird as Johnq has kindly noted is indeed

A white-winged Chough(do).

Pheww another mystery resolved.