Follow-up from September..
I checked this morning (20 December) and the Magpie-larks nesting on the lamp post at the National Library, appear to be incubating a second brood.
(my local pair in Ainslie are currently feeding their second brood, after fledging 3 in their first brood).
From: Robin Hide
Sent: Sunday, 13 September 2020 10:51 AM
To: Canberra Birds ;
Cc: Lindell Emerton
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Magpie Lark nesting in deciduous tree
[Re-sending from original sent last Friday-as it didn’t seem to make it to the list]
Snap!
I’ve just noticed this one in the lamp post outside the National Library - to the right of the fountain -facing out from the Library steps.
Robin
From: Lindell Emerton
Sent: Friday, 11 September 2020 8:36 AM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: Canberra Birds;
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Magpie Lark nesting in deciduous tree
And some nest sites can be quite different. This one was in Elder Park, Adelaide, in September 2014, near the busy bridge across the Torrens River from the Convention Centre to the Adelaide Oval.
These had used the open lamp post and I can’t understand why they continued with the nest building after the first night with the lights on.
I don’t know the outcome from this nesting attempt as I was only in town for a few days…..interesting.
