Do you have Noisy Miners there, JacK? From: Jack & Andrea Holland [ Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:59 PM To: COG List Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Noisy Friarbird nest at Carwoola (and another topic) The Noisy Friarbird seems to be absent from my local area of NW Chapman/Cooleman Ridge and the S side of the Narrabundah Hill reserve, in fact I seem to have only one record for December so far. Is this what other chat line subscribers are experiencing, or is this just a local phenomenon? Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: [canberrabirds] Noisy Friarbird nest at Carwoola (and another topic) A few weeks ago a Noisy Friarbird began acting very strangely around our deck, causing me to wonder if it was gathering material for nesting. (They raised 3 chicks here in January this year.) This morning I finally found the nest, about 5m up in a large Yellow box tree. I am hopeful that I will be able to see chicks eventually. It is unlikely the nest will be parasitised by Koels as we get get very few of them out here but I have this week recorded 5 cuckoo species in my GBS site (Horsfields and Shining bronze; Pallid, Fan-tailed and Brush.
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