Rhipidura albiscapa at Red Hill Nature Reserve

1 Grey Fantail at Red Hill Nature Reserve

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Identification history

	Rhipidura albiscapa	21 Jan 2019	natureguy
	Rhipidura albiscapa	20 Jan 2019	BIrdsinCanberra

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I saw some Grey Fantails flying in their excited, circular way between a tall tree, short trees and shrubs. I think I saw four birds in the end, although I am unsure how many were adults as the only birds I was able to photograph were juveniles. I noticed a fantail land in a shrub about a metre or two away on my left. This bird appeared to be a young juvenile, possibly on the verge of fledging. This bird still had downy feathers and leapt away from branch to branch rather than flying purposely off. The other bird I photographed was a juvenile with no downy feathers on it. The bird was flying all over the place. Just after I took its photograph it flew directly at me before banking to its left just before my face, just like another similarly coloured juvenile did at Jerrabomberra Wetlands in December.