The Brush Turkey is one of Australia's three "mound builders". The others being, the locally found Orange-footed Scrub fowl and the Mallee Fowl in the southern part of the continent.
Orange-footed Scrubfowl work at building very large incubation mounds of decaying vegetable matter. Heat generated by the decaying humus provides the heat source for the incubation of their eggs.
With a length of 75-85 cm and a massive wingspan of 180-220cm they are a majestic spectacular bird. They have their head, neck and underside in a striking white with amid-grey back.
These pigeons are very pretty and with the white body and then the black tail. They are only seen between the months of around November and February and are approximately 38-44cm long
The little birds have a golden belly with olive green upper side and a bright yellow eyebrow. The male has a showy breast of iridescent dark blue, whilst the female is all golden.
Brightly coloured catbird calls are often heard at Cassawong Cottages
