Hobby nest in Corroboree Park under threat

["Philip Veerman" <>]

If the young have fledged, my guess is they would probably still be in the vicinity and probably easy to find and would probably return to the nearby trees. If so, this is very early though. Are they nesting earlier in recent years? Early years of GBS records suggest fledging was typically in February (or late January). It would be interesting to investigate any change, although I doubt that the quantity of definitive evidence is sufficient to be statistically significant. .... It might be or might just be suggestive of a change or I might be wrong......

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2009 9:11 AM
To: 'COG line'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Hobby nest in Corroboree Park under threat

The hobbies might have completed.  There was a nest in a pine at the NE corner of the Duntroon playing fields that you could watch while queued at one of Canberra’s most irritating intersections – the lights at Fairbairn Ave and Morshead Dve.  Young from that fledged during last week.

 

From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2009 7:39 AM
To: COG line
Cc: Vivien; Peter Ormay
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Hobby nest in Corroboree Park under threat

 

The Park authorities etc etc were all aware that there at least two nests were being used in the tree- Hobbies high in an old Ravens nest, and Gang Gangs below.
Apparently yesterdays crew found that the Hobbies nest was empty.
I've been told by several sources that two Gang Gang chicks were taken to the RSPCA. 
At 7 am this morning the Gang Gang adult pair were on/around the stump, calling strongly and attempting to drive away SC Cockatoos.
No sign of the Hobbies this morning as yet. (Ive been told by a neighbour that they saw them yesterday morning before the lopping).
Robin Hide

Vivien wrote:

According to the ABC news a nest was taken to the RSPCA, which would indicate there were chicks in it.  So the search was not very good.  I am presuming it was belonging to the Gang Gang who was looking very unhappy on the news.

Viv

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Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:21 PM

Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Hobby nest in Corroboree Park under threat

 

If there was a known active nest in the tree it should be brought to the attention of the manager of the department responsible for Canberra's urban parks.  A thorough search of the tree should have been done for birds' nests before any tree surgery was carried out.  This should be standard practice in spring and summer when birds could be nesting.

Peter Ormay