Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura Novaehollandiae]: Male & he's lost his tail! Was it due to a fox or dog attack, or do lyrebirds moult? (first time we've seen this.)
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura Novaehollandiae]: tail starting to grow
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura Novaehollandiae]: Halfway there!
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura Novaehollandiae]: tail back to its full glory.
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae], Wollomombi Falls, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, New England NSW.
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: performing on his mound. (At the end another bird can be heard faintly in the distance.)
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: female.
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Female Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae] & White-browed Scrubwren [Sericornis frontalis]: sharing the spoils.
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: 'Cheeky', the camping ground bird in display. (Sound may need to be increased.)
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: time to pack up & have brunch ...
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: in full voice.
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: overlooking the gorge with the falls in the background. Video taken June 2011. (Each of the videos features a different bird.)
Mark & Bernice O'Mahoney: Superb Lyrebird [Menura novaehollandiae]: overlooking the falls gorge.