Of all the birds we've found nesting on our patch in the Capertee
Valley (NSW)
Sundays find would have to be right up with the other good ones.
I'd just cleared the last of the prickly pear in the front section
and thought I'd start hacking into some briar rose. We had deliberatly
left some of
them for small birds to use, but now our plantings are starting to get a
good height
we thought we could start geting rid of them.
I was just approaching my third, when movement near the bottom caught my
eye.
The most spectacular Plum Headed Finch male, and shortly thereafter his
partner.
Making a late run at breeding, they were busy putting the finishing
touches on a nest
combining the safety of the briar rose and some living grassy reeds.
So I guess that weed is going to stay a little longer.
Timothy Hyde
Blue Moutains / Capertee Valley
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