The Grey Shrike-thrush (A Melodious Australian Songbird)
This is the Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica). It is a beautiful singer with many and varied calls. After the three photos there is a video where they can be seen drinking from a tree hollow and also foraging under bark for insects and spiders. You will also hear one of it's beautiful calls.
Heres a video I took where you can hear one of these birds many and varied calls.
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Great post on this bird. Glad to find another person posting about birds. I started following you, upvote you and resteemed!
Thanks very much. Glad to be following you too having found your blog earlier today.
I like it, thanks for sharing @mostly.nature
Thanks
Beautiful! Good post
Thank you David
Beautiful post! That first shot is amazing!
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
You're welcome :)
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STOPPhotos of this bird are extra nice. Well done!
Thanks very much. Nice to know when people like them.
I really enjoyed these shots and especially the video with vocalizations. In the first photo, the bill struck me as a resembling a shrike. In the video, the rest of the bird seemed thrushlike and the song also reminded of some thrushes I have heard. Though I do like colorful birds, I love drabber species too, especially with lovely vocalizations.
Interesting that you say it is thrush like. Obviouly the people who named it felt the same. Technically it is neither a Shrike or a Thrush :-) I wish I had more recording of their vocalisations. I'm sure you would enjoy them.
Great shots , I love that first one :) I am wanting to start taking some bird photos but have no idea what lens would work best for my Canon Rebel T1i
I use the Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 for birds. I like that its no so big that you have to always use a tripod. With practice you can take a reasonable shot hand held.
Thank you for the suggestion