Noisy Friarbird and Leaden Flycatcher/Brush Cuckoo

["Steve Holliday" <>]

I’d say business as usual for friarbirds here in my part of Ainslie.

 

On Leaden Flycatchers, my impression is that there are more than usual in Mulligans/Gooroo reserves this season. Brush Cuckoos have also been present at Mulligans for several weeks, the two are possibly connected; the few Brush Cuckoo fledglings I have seen over the years were being fed by either Leaden or Satin Flycatchers (from memory).

 

Steve

 

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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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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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