• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

variegated fairywren

  1. Diverse

    Diverse

    Our next stop was a parking area for the J S Fishers Lookout. And what impressive views to be had from there too. Wandering about and looking down into the bushes and trees I spotted this young Variegated Fairywren. He was rather kinder than the adults who just never seemed to stop moving. He...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia bunya mountains js fishers lookout juvenile/immature malurus lamberti nikon coolpix p900 october queensland variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. And here's her beau

    And here's her beau

    Down below, in the scrub, we found her more showy mate. I think they had a nest in there somewhere, as one of the images show the female with a grub. He's a right stunner, isn't he.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia brisbane eagleby fuji finepix hs50 malurus lamberti queensland september variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. A new lady

    A new lady

    At the end of that pond we came to more agricultural land with the track bordered by scrubby bushes. Ken spotted a female Variegated Fairywren which fortunately stopped in the open for a moment, after having been down in the depths of the scrub to begin with. The lady fairywrens were...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia brisbane eagleby female fuji finepix hs50 malurus lamberti queensland september variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Variable

    Variable

    We'd now arrived at the JS Fisher's Look Out with more incredible views. We spent a few minutes wandering around here when looking down over the fence spotted something flitting around.. a wee family of Variegated Fairywrens. The only usable picture I got though was of a juvenile, the adults...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia bunya mountains js fishers lookout malurus lamberti nikon coolpix p900 october queensland variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. He's different

    He's different

    ... just walked on a few yards and movements in the hedge alerted us. Another Lifer in a stunning wee Variegated Fairywren. Just don't ask how on earth I managed to focus on him through all that lot (luck I think LOL).
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia brisbane eagleby fuji finepix hs50 malurus lamberti queensland september variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Variegated

    Variegated

    I'll just take a leap of faith and say that this one, with the dark red lores and a non-navy-blue tail, is one of the Variegateds that were the largest of the fairywren flocks we saw there. Would have been great to see these species in breeding plumage, but I guess I was a few weeks too early...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • malurus lamberti variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Variegated fairywren

    Variegated fairywren

    • Cutterpillar
    • Media item
    • malurus lamberti variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Variegated Fairywren

    Variegated Fairywren

    Sorry I'm still behind on comments - still editing video. Always a delight to encounter one of these!
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • malurus assimilis assimilis variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Variegated Fairywren

    Variegated Fairywren

    • jweeyh
    • Media item
    • malurus lamberti variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Variegated Fairywren

    Variegated Fairywren

    There's an out-of-focus branch cutting off its back so i thought i'd try a closer crop.
    • Weiss1
    • Media item
    • malurus lamberti variegated fairywren
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Back
Top