For the record (Jack) the following summarises breeding at Nursery Corner Callum Brae (around the creek, NE of reserve) last two weeks …
- 3 WW Triller nests all sitting, I think eggs not chicks in all of them (no food carrying); also one triller nest-building attempt abandoned within the last week.
- 1 WT Gerygone nest, sitting (1st gerygone nest I’m aware of here)
- 1 Rufous Songlark nest, carrying food in (1st time I’ve seen them here at all) (there have been several pairs around calling, now only one pair left I think; one probable nest completed or abandoned last week)
- 1 Dusky Woodswallow nest abandoned last week (they were sitting -- no Duskies around at all today)
- 1 Striated Pardalote active nest in hollow abandoned last week; another hollow with wing display etc today
- 1 pair (I think only one male and one female) Superb Fairywrens attending nest in creek
Plus possibles:
- 1 Little Corella hollow has a chick about to fledge I think. This might be wrong and it might be just two adults, though one looks gormless like a juvenile and doesn’t leave the hollow.
- two Dollarbirds have been around for 5 weeks, now only one is seen, silently sitting high.
- plenty of BF Cuckoo-shrikes around but no nesting obvious yet
- Willie Wagtails and Grey Fantails looking suspicious
- SC Cockatoo has taken over the old Kestrel hollow, but I don’t know if there’s any breeding happening
and… 1 Currawong studying the environment and being harassed.
Julian
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