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Identifying nests

To: Kathy Cook <>
Subject: Identifying nests
From: Anthony Overs via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:02:11 +0000
I agree with Kathy on spinebill nest. It’s a but more substantial than a 
silvereye nest. 
Anthony 

> On 11 Jul 2022, at 5:29 pm, Kathy Cook via Canberrabirds 
> <> wrote:
> Looks pretty similar to the Eastern Spinebill nests in our garden.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> 
> On 11/07/2022 3:49 pm, Meke Kamps wrote:
>> All, apologies for not attaching the photo I meant to attach on the first go 
>> (thank you for those who asked for one!)
>> 
>> It’s about 8cm across.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11 Jul 2022, at 2:45 pm, Meke Kamps <> wrote:
>>> Dear all
>>> I have a little (now) abandoned nest in the maple tree out the front and I 
>>> am trying to figure out, based on the birds I’ve seen in the garden last 
>>> spring/summer, who it may have belonged to.
>>> I am pulling up short though, can anyone steer me in the direction of a 
>>> good resource for empty nest identification? (Noting the Facebook 
>>> Australian bird ID group doesn’t allow nest posts).
>>> Meke
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