Our new house is only half an hour or so away from our old house (and only 15-20 mins away from the other places I've lived) but it is still interesting to see the difference between the birds here.

 

I have seen a lot of spotted/peaceful doves, peewees, and plovers here. Our old place had the doves too but the only other birds it had were scrub turkeys, which we haven't seen here yet.

 

I was just going outside to hang up my washing, and as I walked near to our outdoor setting, a small bird took off at a frantic speed. It must have been sleeping on our chair!

 

It took me by surprise as I couldn't identify it. It looked like.... a really tiny pheasant? Or... is it a tawny frogmouth? But it's so small and not tawny. My current guess is either a baby pheasant, or a different bird I have never heard of before. Hard to tell, it is just smaller than the types I would guess it to be.

 

Anyone know?

 

Looks like a Brown Honeyeater.

yeah honeyeater was my guess too. they are common around here, my front yard gets lots of them visisting.

It has a stripy tail which is what seemed strange to me. It does have the shape of a honeyeater, I will keep an eye out for more of them