Hi Peter,
They have never been recorded preying on Regent Honeyeaters to our knowledge,
and other than Swift Parrots in Tas there is scant reference in the literature
of gliders preying on birds and eggs. In terms of levels of predation, of the
7 nests which made at least egg stage, 2 were taken by gliders (one of each
species). With regard to sparrows, this is a behaviour that has been recorded
before - a quick skim of HANZAB has recorded occurrences of them interfering
with nesting Welcome Swallow, Red-browed Finche, Tree and Fairy Martin, Common
Starling, Sacred Kingfisher, and Southern Whiteface.
Cheers, Dean
Dean Ingwersen | Woodland Bird Program Manager and
Regent Honeyeater recovery coordinator
BirdLife Australia
Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton VIC 3053
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Shute
Sent: Thursday, 12 November 2015 4:08 PM
To: Dean Ingwersen
Cc:
Subject: Predation of Regent Honeyeater nests
Dean, are these possums natural predators? If so, is this level of predation
normal, or is it for some reason higher than normal?
Peter Shute
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> On 12 Nov 2015, at 12:48 AM, Dean Ingwersen <>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> During the 2015 captive release of Regent Honeyeaters in Chiltern-Mt Pilot
> NP, we have worked to undertake video monitoring of nesting birds to examine
> reasons for nest failure. Today we put out a joint press release with DELWP
> (Victorian Govt) that demonstrates predation of nests (and attempted
> predation of the sitting females) by both Sugar Glider and Squirrel Glider.
>
> The link to the story is here:
> http://birdlife.org.au/media/regent-honeyeaters-eggs-under-attack/
>
> The video links for our YouTube channel are:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PF8IMX3lo
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTlKxNBSrSs
>
> regards, Dean
>
> Dean Ingwersen | Woodland Bird Program Manager and Regent Honeyeater
> recovery coordinator
>
>
> BirdLife Australia
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