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Willie-Wagtail. Rhipidura leucophrys
The pair reared 3 babies last year in our backyard. The nest was build on the clothline but shrank a lot over the last 12 month. They added additional webbing ( spiderwebs) this year and now incubating eggs again. We have become close frinds and I don’t need a 500mm lens to take photos. This image was taken from about 70 cm away.
The willie wagtail is a passerine bird native to Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Eastern Indonesia. It is a common and familiar bird throughout much of its range, living in most habitats apart from thick forest. Measuring 19–21.5 cm in length, the willie wagtail is contrastingly coloured with almost entirely black upperparts and white underparts; the male and female have similar plumage.
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The male is almost ready to sit on our shoulder. Posted one year ago