Common Bronzewing

His deep, loud "hoo-ing" sounds very like an owl but are his mating call.

February 22nd 2014
We had to get up early enough to leave the park at 10am (except we were about ½ hour later – no problem). While Barry was dumping the waste water we heard a regular loud deep “hoo”ing sound coming from the trees over the fence. Barry thought it was an owl but it was after 10.30am and it didn’t sound quite right to me. We went into the office and asked - turns out it’s the male Bronzewin ... read more

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26th March 2014

Snap Shot Stacey
Snap Shot Stacey

bronze?
His wing looks more green to me!

29th March 2014

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Bronzewing colour
Yes it could be. The coloured bar on the wing was metallic and looked anything from rich green to dark bronze depending on where the light caught it.

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