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Well
only a statement or guess of the likely, that the presence of an adult male with
two females makes a breeding a possibility. It is tempting to wonder what are
the chances that the male actually arrived separately from the originally found
two females. This is pure guess but only because these are such rare birds, I am
tempted at the thought that all three arrived together. In which case I wonder
if a male would have been sitting incubating for the first few days, when not
seen. Indeed maybe there is more than one male, as the females like to have
several males to mate with and leave to raise the kids. It is easy for these
birds to hide.
I
would amend Terry's comment to the extent that HANZAB writes of breeding
groups of these birds. Also surely it is usually the male that does most of the
incubation and child rearing.
Philip
would any of my more learned colleagues like to
comment about a possible breeding occurrence at Kelly' Swamp. Could be
wrong, but I have not noticed any record of three ps being seen together.If the
female is sitting I do hope she avoids the fox that has been sighted lurking in
the same area.
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