Howdy All,
My wife and I were visiting Yarralumla today and went to check on the
bower at the back of the English Garden. last time we checked it was
inhabited by a green male, but either he has now matured to a blue or
else it has been taken over by one. The main bower is still there,
right where it used to be and definitely undisturbed from a couple of
months ago when we last saw it, so I am now wondering how quickly the
change takes place from green to blue-black as they mature?
We also observed a green male starting a bower under another tree,
then flying off towards the established bower and returning with a
blue bottle cap..... 5 minutes later the blue male appeared,
retrieved it's blue bottle cap and left.... 2 minutes later it
returned and ripped apart the collection of twigs that the green male
had started to assemble into a bower, grabbed a couple of yellow
cockatoo crest feathers that were part of the display and flew back
to it's own bower. Obviously there is a bit of agro about this
"young upstart" trying to set up in his territory. <grin>
Was fascinating to see this interaction, and I hope it might be of
interest to people to read about it. Lovely to watch the blue male
at one point sitting up on a branch and calling and
displaying. First time I've witnessed a blue male in action, so it
was very cool. Still wondering if it is the same bird that was green
a couple of months ago.
The Tawny Frogmouth's were still in the crappiest tree near the yacht
club, with the least possible cover. Thanks to the person who gave
the hint about the red boat, as it was a definite help in finding
them as it was virtually straight up towards from it towards the
road. Worth noting that they are between the two entrances to the
yacht club, as when we arrived I wasn't really sure which entrance to
try to work from. I'd reckon they aren't that far off right in the
middle, to be honest, but if you look for the scrappiest and most
naked tree, they were there this afternoon.
Cheers.
Paul T.
Higgins, ACT
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