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Noisy Friarbird nest at Carwoola (and another topic)

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Subject: Noisy Friarbird nest at Carwoola (and another topic)
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:01:49 +1100
Following on the below: I have just 2 observations of just 1 Noisy Friarbird from my GBS area this year (one Sept & one this week) This is way down on the usual.
 
I have just come home from visiting Kambah Pool and the 3 nests I described on 12 Dec.
 
The Noisy Friarbird's nest with chicks in one of the 4 trees in the central car park island still has chicks in it. And today I noticed a 2nd Noisy Friarbird's nest with at least 1 chick, just above the entry road down to the Kambah Pool car park (about 100 metres away from the first). 
 
I can also mention the Tawny Frogmouth nest has two chicks, now mostly fully feathered. This time they were perched with their heads under the parent's body. The adult appears to notice but hardly react to the many people walking under the nest.
 
The Olive backed Oriole nest now appears to be empty, presumably young now left.
 
Philip
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From: Jack & Andrea Holland [
Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:59 PM
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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?
 
Jack Holland
 
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Cc: ; m("bigpond.net.au","sj.km");">Kim McKenzie
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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Martin Butterfield
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