Mark, I think you misread it, Syd did admit to seeing songbirds
nesting on the ground. Many songbirds in Australia nest on the ground.
Martyn
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:07 AM, M, J, & V Phinney wrote:
> Now THAT is interesting. Songbirds in Australia don't nest on the
> ground?!
> It seems so odd to me - there are dozens of local songbird species
> that are
> ground nesters, including several that forage and sing from very
> high in the
> forest canopy.
>
> Mark Phinney
>
> on 9/25/08 4:32 AM, Syd Curtis at wrote:
>
> Thanks Lou,
>
> Somehow, I didn't associate songbirds with nesting on the ground.
> :-( But I should have done so. Now you remind me, I remember, many
> years
> ago, finding (in New Zealand) the nest of the (introduced) Skylark
> in/under
> a tuft of grass.
> <snip>
>
> Cheers
>
> Syd
>
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