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That
is a nice story. I guess that the early start enabled the chick to get big
enough to hopefully be safe, before the peak of the time when Currawongs are
hunting, which is September to November. (Today I saw the first sign of a
Currawong taking a stick up to my big tree.) Judging by the timing of this and
your earlier message, I wonder if it may be a from a second egg laying.
Philip
Good morning
The male nestling bronze wing at my place appears to have
successfully fledged last evening. I took the attached pic of the female sitting
near the nest just after 5.00pm. Sunset was about 5:35pm and when I returned at
6:30pm with a torch, both had gone. I checked around the nest for any evidence
of the nestling having been taken by currawongs but there was none. I can only
conclude that it left with its mother shortly after the pic was taken.The
previous day I saw the nestling testing its wings in the nest ( to the annoyance
of the male who was sharing the nest). Curiously I saw no incidences of
harassment from pied currawongs yesterday despite them being an almost constant
presence over the previous three days. Maybe its bronze wings 1 currawongs
0.
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