On Sat 28 Jan there were a few Rainbow Bee-eaters in a one km stretch
of the Naas River to the east of the Big Naas homestead. 7adults and
3 juveniles. One pair of adults were each carrying what looked like
large bees. In quick succession they delivered the food round a
corner to either a chick in a burrow or outside on a perch, so a
breeding record.
NB There had been a flood in the Naas before Xmas, and debris can be
seen up to 10 metres. Any burrows below that level would have been
flooded, and chicks drowned. Question - where would any surviving
adults go? And what will this season's breeding records show for many
bird species in flooded Queensland, western Victoria et al.?
Muriel
Muriel Brookfield
(02) 6251 2934
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