Habits of Tawnies

[martin butterfield <>]

G'day Ray

From my experience it is not uncommon for one of a pair to roost separately from the other.  

The following table summarises my experience in 2011 with the local pair.  I found at least one of them 67% of days thrugh the year, with relative little success in the first 2 months.  You'll note that when they were around I was usually able to find both with extra searching.  When I have noted 'different tree' the trees could be up to 70m apart.    Of course when brooding the male was always on the nest during the day while the female could be in a number of roosts, again up to 70m distant from the nest tree (but usually locatable somewhere in my patch).

Martin

Snuggled	147	61.51
only one found	7	2.93
Different trees	14	5.86
Apart, same tree	14	5.86
Brooding	57	23.85
Total	239

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Sue-Ellen and Ray <> wrote:

Hi All – Last year we had two tawnies that roosted in the same tree  on O’Connor Ridge then in mid December 2011 we had four, 2 adults and 2 juveniles although they had shifted across the path to another tree. They departed the area for awhile then in late February 2012 there were two not knowing of course whether these were the same birds form the original four. We then had a period absence and now in the past few days we are back with only one Tawnie. All very perplexing as we always look forward to their presence each day and of course you wonder why only one now. I have looked at our bird book collection but there is no reference to the pairing habits of Tawnies or whether it is unusual to find one on its own.

 

Can anyone help with so info on the lives of the Tawnies.

 

Ray