In Dean Portelli's report of last weekend's Regent Honeyeater surveys
in the Capertee Valley he mentioned seeing a female bird sitting on a
nest. This could be the same nest that I watched being built at the
same site last Wednesday (8/9/04), when I led a group of visiting
Swedish birdwatchers in the valley.
Last week the bird was collecting material from an old nest and using
it to build the new nest high in an adjacent river oak. At all times
this bird was closely guarded by her mate, the two birds flying back
and forth as if joined by a short piece of string. The trouble was,
no sooner had they flown off to gather another batch of material when
a pair of White-naped Honeyeaters moved in and started pulling all
the freshly added nest lining material out, and flying off with it!
When the Regents returned, they didn't seem to twig (no pun
intended)! So it was great to hear from Dean that the bird is now
incubating.
Things are now looking a lot greener than they were and we also found
quite a few other species breeding. It's shaping up to be a great
spring in this part of the world.
Cheers
Carol
Carol Probets
Blue Mountains NSW
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