As a further addition, Pee
Wees seem happy to build their nests in the birch trees around Lake
Ginninderra.
John Brannan
Overs, Anthony (REPS) wrote:
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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November 2006 2:33 PM
To: Overs,
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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?????
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