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Any idea what this young bird is?

 

There was a small nest above him, sort of like a wagtail or peewee nest.

The only bird that came near him while I was watching was a noisy minor bird.

 

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he was a little bit bigger than the minor bird.

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Yep, looks like a noisy miner young to me.

Although the beak looks too long down the mouth, more like an Indian myna.

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is it a cuckoo?

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I can't see the pic?

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I think it is too big to be a minor and it doesn't have the yellow around the beak.

 

Joono I did wonder if it was a cuckoo and the minor had been tricked in to raising it, but I didn't know whether we had those sort of cuckoos here. The ones that lay their eggs in other birds nests I mean.

 

This was taken in the central west of NSW.

 

He reminded me of a tawny frogmouth the way he sat so still pretending to be a stick.

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Az, it's a big pic. You could try refreshing the page or click on my name and find it in my albums

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😮 how clever is that? I didn't know it worked that way.

and no idea but yes, looks much like a tawny frogmouth.

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Could it be a young Little Wattlebird?

 

 

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He reminded me of a tawny frogmouth

 

Yes he does me as well

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