Their breeding time is very broad. The COG Atlas shows this (although the
graph and text don't match in terms of June & July) and with many years data
since then it is surely wider now and with the mild autumn we have had that
breeding is not that odd, a bit on the late side. The babies are easy food
for Ravens etc. David's likely nest prospecting is about normal timing.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny Smits
Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 2:21 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: David Nicholls; <>
Subject: Three Australian Wood Ducks in our Gum tree
Baby wood ducklings are running around the shine dome /academy of science
today. Worried that we are yet to see the canberran inevitable cold winter,
Is this a bit early or quite normal?
> On 12 Jun 2014, at 14:03, "Philip Veerman" <>
> wrote:
>
> There needs to be something to justify the dopey Wood Duck name. Yes
> they are usually on the ground but (less often) perch in trees and
> usually (or
> only?) nest in tree hollows. So may be or likely they were looking for
nest
> sites.
>
> Philip.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Nicholls
> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 9:33 AM
> To:
> Subject: [canberrabirds] Three Australian Wood Ducks in our Gum tree
>
>
> West Deakin: Not something I've seen before, three Australian Wood
> Ducks sitting on a branch in our Eucalyptus meliodora. One male, one
> female, the third I didn't see well enough to identify. They flew off
> making clucking/quacking noises.
>
> DN
>
>
> **********************************************************************
> *********************************
> This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra
Ornithologists Group.
> Emails posted to the list that exceed 200 kB in size, including
attachments, will be rejected.
> When subscribing or unsubscribing, please insert the word 'Subscribe' or
'Unsubscribe', as applicable, in the email's subject line.
> List-Post: <>
> List-Help: <>
> List-Unsubscribe: <>
> List-Subscribe: <>
> List archive:
<http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds>
> List manager: David McDonald, email
<>
>
****************************************************************************
***************************
|
