canberrabirds

RE: Striated Pardalote chicks in Aranda 29-1-14

To: "'John Harris'" <>
Subject: RE: Striated Pardalote chicks in Aranda 29-1-14
From: "Peter Ormay" <>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:22:44 +1100

Hello John,  Were the ones in your grand-daughter’s hanging pot Striateds or Spotted Pardalotes?

Cheers

Peter

 

From: John Harris [
Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 2:41 PM
To: Peter Ormay
Cc: 'COG_Mailing_List'
Subject: Re: Striated Pardalote chicks in Aranda 29-1-14

 

Congratulations Peter on hatching some S Pardalote chicks!

The ones which hatched successfully at my grand-daughters place were in a hanging pot, one of those with a gap at the bottom to allow water to trickle out and fill the saucer. The birds entered through that gap. Of course everyone gave up watering the plant after that!

Cheers

John 

 

John Harris

Rev Dr John Harris,

36 Kangaroo Close,

Nicholls, ACT 2913

AUSTRALIA

P: 61-(0)2-62418472

 

 

 

From: Peter Ormay <m("dodo.com.au","peterormay");">>
Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 1:18 pm
To: John Harris <m("biblesociety.org.au","john.harris");">>
Cc: 'COG_Mailing_List' <m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">>
Subject: Striated Pardalote chicks in Aranda 29-1-14

 

Hello John,

I heard chicks cheeping faintly when I put my ear near the pardalotes’ nest box after an adult went in this morning.

 

I watched the nest box 10.44am to 10.55am. Adults went in at 1 to 4min intervals and stayed in 15 to 65 secs. While the adults were coming and going 3 other Striated Pardalotes were hovering around and inspecting the nest box.

 

The nest box consists of a section of hollow log 27cm long and 11cm outside dia. The inside dia averages about 9cm wide with the walls 1 to 1.5cm thick. The entrance is through a piece of plywood with a 25mm hole (to exclude sparrows) tacked over a natural hole in the side near one end. (I and my son who is pretty smartphone savvy can’t download pics from my Aldi’s Clarion smartphone otherwise I’d attach one).

Peter

 

From: Peter Ormay [m("dodo.com.au","peterormay");">]
Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014 9:48 AM
To: 'John Harris'
Cc: 'COG_Mailing_List (m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">)'; 'John Brown'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Striated Pardalotes inspecting hollow in a White Gum

 

Hello John,

I have an active Striated Pardalote hollow under my eaves. A pardalote went in about 8.30am today and stayed in for 5min+. I’ll let you know if I hear cheeping from it in the coming weeks.

Peter

 

From: John Harris [m("biblesociety.org.au","john.harris");">]
Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2014 3:20 PM
To: John Brown; COG_Mailing_List (m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">)
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Striated Pardalotes inspecting hollow in a White Gum

 

A bit late but could be second breeding. Last Year, the pardalotes on my granddaughter’s back verandah lost their first brood . For unknown reasons the young were found dead on the ground. Within a couple of weeks they were breeding again, this time successfully.

Yes, before people jump in, I know they might not have been the same ones but they have been coming for years. Anyway, even if they were a different breeding pair, it was still in January. 

 

John Harris

Rev Dr John Harris,

36 Kangaroo Close,

Nicholls, ACT 2913

AUSTRALIA

P: 61-(0)2-62418472

 

 

 

From: John Brown <m("johnbrown.com.au","jb2904");">>
Date: Sunday, 19 January 2014 2:21 pm
To: "COG_Mailing_List (m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">)" <m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Striated Pardalotes inspecting hollow in a White Gum

 

 

This morning I observed a group of 4 striated pardalotes, of which at least 2 were inspecting a hole in a what I think was a White Gum on Bruce Ridge. It seems a bit late to start breeding doesn't it? Although the guide does say September to February. None of the birds fully entered the hollow. Maybe they were just feeding? I wondered if it was a family of four. However, they all appeared to be adults birds.. The birds that I photographed visiting the hole all appear to be 2+ adults, and would have thought the young would disperse soon after fledging?

 

John

 

 

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John Brown

 

 

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