Re: Superb Fairy-Wrens

"We have had a family of Superb Fairy-Wrens around our house garden for some 10 months.  Mum and Dad seem to have been lucky to raise four young 'uns.  (It was simply marvellous to see them all sitting on the fence together with the young kids mucking around and mum and dad keeping an eye on them.)
 
But it has now been two weekends and there has been no sign or sound of them."

I think you will find that now that the breeding season has finished the territorial boundaries have broken down and they are wandering further afield.  This is a common occurrence among many "resident" passerine species that is well documented among the fairy-wrens and thornbills in particular.  Family units from adjacent breeding territories tend to merge forming larger groups that occupy a "super territory" comprising the breeding territories of the smaller units.

Cheers

David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
Department of Environment & Conservation
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo  NSW  2830
Ph: 02 6883 5335 or Freecall 1800 621 056
Fax: 02 6884 9382



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