bronzewing

I go to sleep watched over by two huge green bronzewing pigeons from Australia, glassy eyed and awake for more than a hundred years under a beautiful Victorian dome.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

The flock bronzewing, a large ground-foraging pigeon, formerly occurred in flocks of hundreds of thousands, dispersing widely across the Mitchell Grass Downs in response to rainfall variation.

Mitchell grass downs 2007

One of the most distinctive features of the Mitchell Grass Downs are the extraordinary irruptions of its two most characteristic and pivotal animal species, the flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica) and the long-haired rat (Rattus vilosissimus).

Mitchell grass downs 2007

As a bronzewing drinks just after dark, or just before daylight, this was pretty good evidence that water existed in the direction in which the creek ran -- and probably an open pool would be found.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

The tufted birds come to water just after daylight and just before sundown, and so are more easily shot than the bronzewing.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Of these we shot over fifty, and, as well, a few of the larger bronzewing pigeons.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Curious to know what she was hiding (yes, my investigative prowess figured out she was trying to throw me off the path) I peeled back some of the foliage to find these two delightful, yet very hot, bronzewing pigeon chicks nestled in close to the trunk.

Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas 2009