Nest on Mt McDonald

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Yes that is looking unusually exposed. It looks in much too good condition to be a old nest from last year. So, if I was a betting person, I'd back Mark's comment about it being in use.   

 

Philip

 

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From: Mark Clayton [
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 2:01 PM
To: 'Nick Payne'; 'Canberra Birds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Nest on Mt McDonald

Nick,

 

It is a Superb Lyrebird’s nest. It strikes me as a nest in a very open site; most lyrebird nests I have seen are a bit more hidden than this. It could actually be in use as lyrebirds are winter breeders.

 

Mark

 

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From: Nick Payne [
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 1:45 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Nest on Mt McDonald

 

Can anyone suggest who might have constructed this? To give an idea of scale, the entrance is about 150mm across. There was no sign of occupancy that I could see with the bins from a few metres away and slightly below. The nest is only a few metres from the bitumen road up Mt McDonald, on a small ledge in a rockface formed by blasting for the road - you can see the remains of one of the blasting drill holes just to the left of the tree in the second photo.

Nick Payne