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Hi Tim and
others,
It occurs so
often that it would not be coincidence. As both are migrants who arrive here at
a similar time, but importantly the Noisy Friarbirds is more common than the
Leaden Flycatchers, then there need not be any benefit for the Friarbird, for
the situation to develop. If there is enough nesting Friarbirds to meet
the requests from the Flycatchers and the Flycatchers can find them
easy enough, then any benefit can be one sided. Protection and defence seems a
good candidate for a likely benefit but that is just me supporting your guess.
Although quite possibly the Flycatchers might provide some benefit by being
extra eyes alert to possible danger.
Philip
obvious thought it is that
some kind of protection for flycatcher but what would friar bird get out of this
? Or maybe just coincidence - both have similar nesting requirements - anyhow
just guessing
Tim
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Subject: RE:
[canberrabirds] campbell park
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:50:24 +1100
I am not
aware of additional detail on the top of my head.........
Philip
Why ? Any research done on
this ?
regards
Tim
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> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:10:38
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> Subject: [canberrabirds] campbell park
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> I'm sure
it has been commented on before that there is a strong tendency
> for
Noisy Friarbirds and Leaden Flycatchers, to nest in close proximity.
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> Philip
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> -----Original Message-----
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From: Elizabeth Compston [
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Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 3:38 PM
> To: Canberra Birds
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Subject: campbell park
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>
>
> How
wonderful!! Campbell Park is back to what it was before the drought!
>
This morning's sighting, all around the horse gate. Not a lot of
> nests,
but with more eyes and more time,
> I am sure others will be found on
Sunday
>
> These 3 nest were quite close together, to the RHS of
the horse gate
> as you approach it from the car park
>
>
Noisy friar bird on and off nest
> Yellow rumped thornbill--not easy to
find
> Leaden flycatcher, m and f, just building a nest
>
>
Crested pigeon feeding young, near car park
>
> Other leaden
flycatchers around.
> 2, or perhaps more, diamond firetails
> Lots
of dusky wood swallows, one with a distinctly blue bill,
> collecting
nesting material
> Another seemed to have a nest amongst leaves. An
unusual place? 4 jacky
> winters 2 rufous whistlers 4 willie wagtails,
being hassled by wood
> swallows and ravens, not far
> from
carpark
> They must have a nest
> 2 black faced cuckoo
shrikes
> 2 King parrots
> 20 crimson rosellas
> 10 sulphur
crested cockatoos
> 2 white throated gerygones
> 2 white winged
trillers
> 1 grey fantail
> 1 olive-backed oriole, heard
> 6
noisy miners. I am sure that they had nests
>
> This does not seem
to be lot of birds, but we were so entranced by
> what we were
>
seeing that we did not go further afield
>
>
Elizabeth
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