Saw two pairs of Yellow-rumped Thornbills nest-building this
afternoon – one in the grounds of St Matthews, Page; the other at Hawker
ovals. A third pair at the Pinnacle NR were doing the same last week. A dependent
Red Wattlebird was being fed by a parent, also in the grounds of St Matthews,
while a pair of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos was still feeding one young in my GBS.
This last named family group has been heard around the suburb for about a month
and for the last two years there have been late-breeding cockies in this area –
the same pair, I wonder, whose first nests regularly fail? b
