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Re:
your question Margaret,
During
the non breeding period, adult male and female Golden Whistlers appear to
avoid each other. As in it is very rare to see a pair together. I cannot recall
ever seeing this (though that is not saying I haven't). Even though it is a
common species and adult male and female Golden Whistlers may be in the
general vicinity they will usually at least be in separate trees. Sometimes they
will sing to each other at that distance. No doubt others will say they have
seen them together (and I am talking about non breeding time), but bearing in
mind how common the species is, there won't be many such observations, they are
pretty solitary. The GBS Report cites a study by Bell (1986) who suggests this
is due to niche partitioning.
In
Canberra gardens, I have observed males and females often space out their
occurrence by time. E.g. a male may be present for several days and depart
and then a female may be present for several days.
I
watched a very pretty adult male Golden Whistler near Kambah Pool on
Sunday.
Philip
Thank you, Mark and
Philip. That’s the third time I have been fooled by one of these.
Why can’t they be good sports and bring the old man out for a bit of an
airing?
Margaret.
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