Entry 9
Sunday 17th April 2022
??? time (I never wrote it down lol)
I’ve seen and heard plenty of birds in the past few days, all of which I’ve already recorded here. I’ve since come to realise that some birds I hadn’t heard in a while and that I thought had disappeared, I hadn’t heard simply because I wasn’t paying attention. I wasn’t listening out for them or going outside to just check out the birds. These birds include the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo and the King Parrot. I also think there are many more birds that I don’t see or hear because it’s not the right time of year, and I’m also only observing from my own window, and occasionally the garden.
The Fairy Wren that I saw looked very much like a male in non-breeding plumage, but it had small specks of blue on its head and on the nape of its neck. I think it might be coming into breeding plumage, as I’ve already recently seen another male Fairy Wren in full breeding plumage. I thought it was pretty cool and I even got a video of him. I’ll probably draw some Fairy Wrens just to show what they actually look like.
Image description: Pencil drawing of a male Superb Fairy Wren. It has a white belly, black and blue head and face, brown wing feathers and a blue tail. Text reads: "Not entirely accurate as my drawing skills aren't so great. Legs are actally longer, as is the tail. This is a male in breeding plumage."
Image description: Pencil drawing of a female Superb Fairy Wren perched on a branch. It has a white belly and chest, with a light brown head, back, wings and tail. It has a small patch of orange feathers on its face by the eye.