Re: Eavecreepers

["Sandra Henderson" <>]

David's sent a scan of the CBN article to the list  (which doesn't actually include the scanned page Anthony has, which is interesting, and nor does it appear elsewhere in that issue or the following few I checked). There've been other reports in CBN - CBN 11, 1986, and a further report (of a much earlier observation) appeared on p39 of 21(2) (June 1996).  the latter, by David Purchase, referred to a 1954 observation at the Gungahlin homestead in 1954 - treecreepers were nesting in the stable loft

 

Sandra Henderson
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From: Overs, Anthony (REPS) [
Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2007 10:30 AM
To: martin butterfield;
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Re: Eavecreepers

Martin and others

 

Attached is a scan of a photocopy of an article from Canberra Bird Notes. I don’t have the whole article, or the volume, just this copy which someone gave to me (I don’t even know the author – maybe it was Alan Scrymgeour?). Can anyone dig up a copy of CBN Vol 19 No 4, December 1994?

 

The scan shows some details regarding roosting requirements for treecreepers and instructions for making a treecreeper sleeping bag.

 

 

Cheers

Anthony

 

-----Original Message-----
From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Monday, 16 April 2007 7:58 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Re: Eavecreepers

 

Thank goodness I put a condition regarding "my awareness" to my original comment about what one correspondent has refrred to as an eavescreeper!   Allowing for some off-line responses to my message it now appears that treecreepers roosting under eaves is bog common. 

 

I attach the first (very poor quality) photo of this occurence.  A photograph of other evidence of the bird's presence will be provided on request.

 

I merely hope that my overdue recognition of this phenomenon, and the efforts of the PB Attractor of Garran, will be rewarded by my seeing the Chapman - or indeed any ACT  located - Pied Butcherbird tomorrow morning.

 

Martin

 

 

On 4/16/07, Jack and Andrea Holland <> wrote:

Martin, and if I recall correctly (it's testing my memory a bit) at the
Scrymgeour's property Timbarra where COG will be camping over the June
weekend there was a similar situation a few years ago (roosting right near
the front door as I remember it).

Jack Holland