I've just started my PhD on dusky woodswallows and was hoping people
with experience birding in and around the ACT could help me. The
focus of my study will be how they combine cooperative breeding with
migration.
I'm looking for sites where dusky woodswallows can be reliably found
(i.e. sites that have been used in multiple years)
1) breeding
2) during migration
3) during the non-breeding season - I have no idea how far from
Canberra I would have to travel to find non-breeding flocks, or even
if flocks repeatedly appear at the same sites.
I'm planning on studying birds at several breeding sites in the
region to look at sociality at the neighbourhood scale and the
possibility for inter-neighbourhood dispersal. Therefore even
breeding sites that are used by a small number of birds may be
helpful.
I'm interested in any information about potential sites anywhere in
the ACT and within about 2 hours drive of the ACT. Of course, if you
know of a great site outside that radius I'm interested in that too.
Thank you for your help,
Rachel Sims
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PhD Candidate
School of Botany and Zoology
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Ph. (02) 6125 5647
Fax (02) 6125 5573
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