Satin Bower Birds, Wedge Tailed Eagles.

There was a group of 'new' birds in the garden yesterday. I was about to leave to go to the farm and went to the shed for something. Two birds flew away from the shed as I neared, I thought they were currawongs at first as they were quite large, but their backs were olive green colour as they flew away. It seemed they'd been pinching the dog minnies I leave on the sill for my blackbirds.
I had a better look at them when I spotted them in the blackwood in front of the shed where they'd flown. There was a number of them, perhaps five or more, in the top of the tree, chattering and clacking and making various noises unfamiliar to me. Not having my glasses on I couldn't see them very well, so I went inside and came back with binoculars. I managed too get a good look at one and amazingly saw something bright blue and red, but behind a lot of leaves so I couldn't discern what it was, before losing it while I moved, not seeing it again.
When I saw Jod at the farm I described what I'd seen and he immediately said I'd seen satin bower birds. He'd seen them twice only at the farm over the last few years. Only mature males have the satin colour which comes after the seventh year moult, which explains why all the ones I saw were olivey green with a pale chest scalloped brown. He said the red and blue colour I saw may have been something one of the immature males had collected. They love bright colour especially blue which they use to practice building bowers. They build bowers on the ground to impress females but they actually nest in trees in a nest made with a lot of bark. He said they have a beautiful egg streaked in colours.
While we talked he spotted two wedgies soaring high, seemingly playing in the sky, coming close, then parting, before diving back towards each other. He reckons they are getting ready to mate, they breed in the winter and will mate soon. Fantastic!