Just to add to Graeme’s obs about
pee wees, they sometimes nest in exotic trees in the parliament house
courtyards. There was a nest in a tree only about three metres above the ground,
but it was so well hidden amongst the leaves I didn’t even notice it was
there until the leaves dropped in autumn. The nest sat there all winter in a
bare tree and finally fell off a month or so ago. Two years ago, a pair of
birds nested on top of the glass walkway between the main building and the
house of reps wing. I guess any flat surface is good to sit a mud nest on.
Anthony
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From: Clifton
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21 November 2006 2:33
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To: Overs,
Anthony (REPS); mat&cathy
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] re:
Frogmouth using a Chough nest
Choughs
build a new nest each year. Old nests usually fall out of trees during
wintery (wet, windy) weather. After all they are made of clay soil.
On a similar note, a Pee Wee built a nest in a pine tree at the very end
of the point on Acton Peninsula. The
group of trees are not Radiata but similar. I thought this strange as I
can't recall seeing a Pee Wee nest in an exotic tree. On a wild
Thursday a few weeks ago the nest and newly hatched babies came to grief.
I found the nest on the ground still intact. It had apparently slipped
from the branch. Natural selection in action?????
