That is probably a good question. I suspect that
the royal spoonbills are not breeding. Mainly as they spend a lot of time just
resting there and whilst there is "a number of" royal spoonbills
there, the number doesn't seem to change much. I expect there would be more
activity if they were breeding.
I go there after work (as I work nearby) when I feel like it
but don't usually write individual descriptions.
Philip
-----Original Message----- From:
Julian Teh <> To:
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 20:03 Subject: [canberrabirds]
kelly's
Why is it that we never see any of you guys when
WE go to Kelly's???? You'd be really helpful, as we haven't spotted
crakes yet!
Anyway, yesterday we were in Cygnus hide at 5-6pm
and we saw 2 royal spoonbills and a number of pink-eared ducks. The
spoonbills had breeding head plumes, but our book says that these birds
in the south breed from Sept - Nov and in the north from Feb to April.
Are these late or early??
They were sleeping, woke up, preened and
went "back to bed". It was only when they were preening that we
saw their bills.
it was so beautiful at that time of day
there...
Bye, Cheers, Meredith and
Julian
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