That’s interesting Phil
Could the male be compromising the
security of this
next clutch , by not having driven off the
last young males or is it a
case of plenty of room for every one?
Im guessing
your location is very remote and relatively undisturbed ?
Cheers ian clark
-----Original Message-----
From:
[ On Behalf Of Phil Gregory
Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2004 9:59 AM
To: birding-aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Cassowary
up-date
Just a quick up-date on
the Cassowary situation here at
Cassowary House, Kuranda, Far N Queensland. It has been an unusual year as
since the male evicted the 3 chicks in late June (after 8 months), they have been
in the area- normally they are driven off with much aggression, but this year
he seemed to go into breeding mode very quickly and was himself away soon after
the split. Sue Gregory saw the male and female mating by the
veranda on 24 July, and he was gone immediately thereafter.
This has meant that when he vanished to go nesting,
they were still about. Two of them hung together for weeks, but the third split
off after a fortnight or so of squabbling with these two. By October we had the
birds singly, with two individuals on Tuesday this week. The big female turns
up most days too, so it has been a good year for sightings of them here, and we
anticipate the return of the male, hopefully with his new chicks, in the next
month or so.
Good birding
Phil Gregory
www.cassowary-house.com.au
