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Dear mailbases,
First time post for me so a bit nervous,
Between yallambie park,
near Rosanna, and Willinda athletic track, at Greensborough I have located six
frogmouth pairs nesting. As the frogmouth flies, it is approximately 2 km,
and the nests are located within 50 m of the Plenty river, in typical riparian
habitat.
Assuming the '
bush' extends 100m either side of the river, the total area is approx. 40
hectares. Obviously the birds hunt over a much greater area in adjoining
suburbia, but it is still a high density. Last year four pairs
successfully raised young.
Roy Bryant
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