Hi all
It’s been chaos here in Dungowan St over the last few of weeks. The bird baths
continue to draw loads of birds every day.
Lots of breeding behaviour from some species:
White-browed Scrubwren. Observed copulating the day after the solstice, and
multiple observations of the male feeding the female. That’s the pair living on
the eastern side of the house. The territory boundary between them and the pair
next door is along the fence on the western side of the house; quite a few
battles have taken place!
Brown Thornbill. The resident pair chasing each other with lots of calling.
Eastern Spinebill. Three pairs sorting themselves out with lots of chasing. I
still haven’t worked out who breeds where. There were three broods last
spring-summer. Just yesterday I put a big handful of dog hair out in the wire
basket near the baths; within ten minutes, a spinebill came and checked it out,
had a poke about, wiggled her belly down into it and sat for a couple of
seconds, then took off with some!
Superb Fairy-wren. Resident trio with eclipse male (just starting to moult)
occasionally seeing off a neighbouring group of four with a male that’s been in
breeding plumage for the winter.
Crested Pigeon. Pair building nest in dense grevillea in eastern side garden,
where they successfully reared one young last summer.
Other birds about include:
Golden Whistler. An adult female and an immature bird present all winter, heard
every day. Two additional birds came through briefly.
Crescent Honeyeater. One bird heard and seen twice recently. Only second record
for my house in a decade.
Three news species for the yard, with Little Eagle, Black-shouldered Kite, and
Silver Gull all flying over.
Cheers
Anthony
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