Robin, that looks like a typical sittella nest, with maybe two birds on it!
Looks like a head on the left and a tail on the right.
Treecreeper nests are typically constructed in a tree hollow.
A triller nest is usually a shallow cup in a lateral fork.
Cheers
Anthony
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On 12/11/2010, at 4:56 PM, Robin Hide <> wrote:
> This morning in Campbell Park nests aplenty.
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> One query - is this a typical White-throated Treecreeper's nest? about 5-6 m
> high up a dead branch.
> Half an hour earlier I saw a Treecreeper a few cms from the nest, but didnt
> realise there was a nest. On return this small white throat was visible over
> the nest cup (but also in vicinity saw White-winged Trillers.)
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> <12 Nov 2010 Campbell Park 47 nestr.jpg>
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> Other nests seen occupied (Willie Wagtail, White-winged Chough), or under
> construction/reconstruction-mud all wet (Magpie Lark).
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> Robin Hide
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