Eastern Spinebills

[martin butterfield <>]

Chris

As far as the Garden Bird Survey is concerned the answer is "not very common".  As shown in the attached file (which I restricted to Canberra and Queanbeyan) there have been a few records of dependent young (DY) or Fledglings (F) but no 'hard' breeding records which I define as Nest with eggs or nest with young.   The most recent Annual Bird Report had no breeding records for the species.  Thus your records are rather important.

Martin

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Christine Ledger <> wrote:

We have Eastern Spinebills nesting in our garden for the second year running. How unusual is it for them to stay in Canberra to breed?

Chris


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