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Further to this. Today I went past this Kestrel site (at
about 4 p.m.). No sign of them for about 10 minutes, then observed
male Kestrel hunting about 100 metres distant. Another several minutes later he
flew up to perch near the entrance of the hollow, carrying a long skink (close
to its own body length). Female Kestrel quickly came out of the hollow and flew
up to a branch next to him, but he flew away still carrying the skink and I
couldn't see where he went. She flew off to a nearby tree, where she stayed
(silently) for next about 15 minutes, apart from three short flights around
the few trees. Twice returning to same perch but the third time she flew to
the tree hollow and went straight in. Whilst there I noticed a Starling carrying
food into another hollow in the same tree about 2 metres away and a pair of
Galahs, one entering a hollow on the opposite side of the same tree and a
S-c Cockatoo at a hollow in the next tree up the hill. Plenty of other
suggestions of breeding by two Rosella species and several pairs of Starlings
& Mynas there also. I don't recall if I noticed or included these others on
the COG Blitz datasheet on Sunday.
Another unconnected thought. Whilst
driving home from Fyshwick yesterday, I saw an Echidna close to the road at the
intersection of Hindmarsh drive & Mugga Lane (near the big
tank).
Philip
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