Thread: Calling all bird experts; mystery visitor

Originally Posted by worane

Not sure what it is but I did once see a magnificent double brested mattress thrasher on the beach on the Gold Coast.

Thats a distant relative of the barrel chested bed thumper quite common here in summer time. When i was younger I caught quite a few set them free after a few days ofcourse as they make such a racket

No sign of the Princess today, although we were out for much of the morning and again for much of the afternoon. Didn't see the Kings either, they are sporadic visitors, will be keeping a sharp lookout for the Princess parrot especially when the kings are around.
We get a great deal of pleasure from our parade of native parrots, they don't seem to mind at all that we feed them a couple of times a day. Gets a bit noisy around galah kindergarten season, but watching the young ones learning to land is very entertaining.