You will recall that a few years ago when there were 4/5 there, we saw much
pseudo-courtship behaviour including lugging around of large branches. I am
not aware of any actual breeding at JW. Vigorous feeding and standing on
one leg is not sufficient to occupy a healthy spoonbill's day.
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, 28 October 2008 8:11 PM
To: COG List
Subject: Spoonbills at Kelly's
They were there on Saturday but at that stage were just moving around
and looking awkward, no denudation or apparent construction.
Julian
At 06:27 PM 28/10/2008, martin butterfield wrote:
>This afternoon two Royal Spoonbills were perched in the tree on the
>small island in front of Cygnus hide. They appeared to be quite
>friendly - for a while I thought a CO record was in the
>offing. However the bird on the right in the attached image
>appeared to be on a defoliation mission WRT the tree, stacking its
>booty around its feet. I got the distinct impression it was
>building a nest but couldn't get a good enough view to confirm
>this. Other observers might like to keep an eye on this.
>
>Martin
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