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Triller nest [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Subject: Triller nest [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:20:02 +1100
I found a WHITE-WINGED TRILLER nest today at the Duntroon sports fields. It
had two healthy looking nestlings, one was already stretching its small
wings. Both a male and a female parent came to feed them while I watched.
There were at least another two male birds around as well, all very vocal.
The nest was in a she-oak (C. cunninghami) directly above a gravel pathway.
It seems a slightly unusual spot for a triller nest considering they are a
declining woodland species and I wouldn't have expected them to nest in
planted casuarinas in a 'field' of exotic grasses and weeds.

Other birds here and in the neighbouring horse paddocks included RUFOUS
SONGLARKS, BROWN SONGLARK and HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO. There are also
DUSKY WOODSWALLOWS nesting along Kallaroo Rd in Pialligo.

Cheers

Marnix Zwankhuizen
Senior Analyst/Programmer
Java Enterprise Technology
IT Branch
Australian Electoral Commission

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