Australian finches

Bird Identity | Chestnut-breated Mannikin | Finches | Ipswich | Perching Birds | Places | Queensland

I Got My Finch Today – Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
ByS2S 4 September 20205 September 2020

Yey!! At last, I got what I’ve been hunting for! For weeks I’ve been after a nice shot of these finches , the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin. Today, I went out and got a lot more than I bargained for!… Starting with the duck family in the pond, swallows getting mud from a mud puddle for their…

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Bird Identity | Double-barred Finch | Finches | Ipswich | Perching Birds | Queensland

Building a Nest – Double-barred Finches
ByS2S 2 September 20205 September 2020

This morning I went down to my usual spot on my hunt for wrens and finches again. I spotted a little Owl Face (Double-bar Finch) on a branch of a pine tree. The Owl-faced Finch is not what I was looking for as we have plenty of them in the birdbath at home. I had…

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