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Hi All
A couple of weeks ago I think I reported on crested
pigeons nesting in a shrub on the nature strip outside my office window. All
went along well, though a pair of currawongs that had nested in a neighbour's
garden were frequently feeding their offspring only a few metres away, mostly in
the hakea directly outside my office window. On Tuesday the two young CPs and
their parents were happily in large shrubs about 10 metres from the nest, and I
had good views of feeding and preening from my office window. However, on
Wednesday there was only one young CP, and a few feathers around (may be from
something else). The remaining young is still being fed, and has not moved far
(that I'm aware of). The young currawong has not been around for about a week
now, but the two parents were stalking the CPs like wolves for a good hour
yesterday. The two parent CPs were perched on either side of their offspring,
very close, and softly cooing - they seemed quite fearful. The currwongs moved
up and down branches on either side of the CPs, constantly glaring at them,
making the odd flap, but not getting closer than about 2 metres. Eventually the
currawongs seemed to have got sick of their game, and flew off. They have been
back, but I have not noticed any such blatant stalking behaviour since. At the
moment (5.00 pm Friday) the young CP is in the same spot as usual, with no
parent CPs or currawongs about. . . .
Other notes: lots of lovely birds about - our
locally resident Eastern Spinebills enjoying all the correas, pair of grey
fantails frequently around, good sized flocks of fairy wrens and striated
thornbills around every day (the thornbills often appearing to be interacting
with their reflections in my office window - singing to themselves, and I get
the impression they are singing to me!). There has been a rufous fantail and a
female golden whistler passing through over the past week, and some other birds
about their size range that I (with my lack of experience) have not been able to
recognise in the heavy foliage. We also have king parrots (M&F) around
every day.
cheers
Barbara
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Barbara Preston
Research
ABN 18 142 854 599
21 Boobialla Street
O'Connor
ACT 2602
Phone: 61 2 6247 8919
Fax: 61 2 6247 8779
Mobile: 0439
47 8919
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