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Hi All
Walking around Lake Ginninderra this morning about 11:00 I observed a
Collared Sparrowhaw crash into a tree and continue to the ground with something
black&white in its claws (talons? ) it was immediately mobbed by a wagtail,
several greenies and half a dozen myna but never-the-less it clung to its
feathery bundle and eventually made its escape.
Ten metres later I came apon what could only be the nest described by John
below.
It contained two chicks (there may be a third) about a wek old (at a
guess).
I watched the nest for the next hour from about twenty metres
and
during that time it was not approached by an adult bird.
I guess I have two questions:
(i) Is this an unreasonable time for the chicks to be left alone in full
sunlight.
(ii) If one parent had observed its partner being annihlated would it then
abandon the chicks ?
roger
Am going back shortly to see if they are getting any tender loving
care.
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