Baby Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike

[Isac]

Strolling through the park I came across this baby Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike just sitting on a low branch. It was letting out a little squawk now and then so I assumes it's folks were off getting take-a-way for the family. It wasn't bothered by us so I got a few shots from different angles. The sun was behind and to its left so not ideal but I was happy with the results.
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[David_MC]

Nice shots. First one is my favorite. I'd be tempted to clone out the twig that is growing out of the birds head in the third image.

[Isac]

Thanks David. I removed the head stick in #3, thank you for the tip.

[avkomp]

some nice images of a baby bird. not sure this is a kookaburra though. the top of the bill is curved too, baby kookas have that straight.
we rescued a baby kooka quite a few years back now and it was younger than this but already a bigger beak and it was straight

have included an image I took at the time:


clearly bigger bill and straighter already had its tiny hook at the end of the beak. your pic has it absent.
wonder if it might be a noisy miner fledgling or something.
am hopeless on a lot of baby birds cos they change a lot

[wigz]

Nice images Isac but it doesn't look like a Kookaburra to me as the beak is the wrong shape. Perhaps one of the cuckoos or a cuckoo-shrike or woodswallow. I'm no good at baby birds.

[Isac]

[QUOTE=avkomp;n493524]some nice images of a baby bird. not sure this is a kookaburra though. the top of the bill is curved too, baby kookas have that straight.
we rescued a baby kooka quite a few years back now and it was younger than this but already a bigger beak and it was straight

Nice images Isac but it doesn't look like a Kookaburra to me as the beak is the wrong shape. Perhaps one of the cuckoos or a cuckoo-shrike or woodswallow. I'm no good at baby birds.

Thanks for that Stephen and Alan. I do believe it is probably a Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike. It's the only bird that lives around here with that type of beak and colouring. Please accept my most humble apology for getting it wrong