To all Birders
The Striated Pardalote was still present today in the tree at the bus
stop and responded to a call of its mate where they both joined together
and called to each other in a larger gum across the road.
On the subject of Striated Pardalotes, do the calls of the various race
of Striated Pardalotes in Australia (and other birds with different races
in Australia such as Varied Sitella) have different calls ?
Edwin
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Sent: Thursday, 11 September 1997 6:57
To: Vella, Edwin
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Subject: Re: Striated Pardalote at Bus Stop
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Vella:
There is a good possibility that a nest or potential nesting site is
nearby. I have watched males hang around the same spot waiting for a
female to approach (not necessarily his mate) and when she does he'll fly
down and start to dig -- a behavioural phenomenon called the "audience
effect". If the bird is a male and if it is calling then look around for
a nest (a hole dug into thhe ground, under s rock -- nest holes can be
placed in very unlikely places such as adjacent to a drain pipe along
side
of a very busy road no more than 20 mm off the ground, etc.). Then
again,
you may have found a roost. If it is a roost, is the bird alone?
Cheers, Jim
On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Vella, Edwin wrote:
>
> G'Day All
>
> In the last 3 day's as I wait to catch my regular bus from home to get
to
> the Sation for work, I have observed a Striated Pardalote (Red-tipped
> eastern form) feeding in a small Eucalyptus a metre away from where I
> wait for the bus. It appears to to feeding on lerps and tends to move
off
> just before the Bus arrives (on Monday morning it almost ran in to me
> when It took off). Like most Pardalote's they tend to be quite unafraid
> of humans when feeding and I find it amazing that its has been feeding
in
> the same tree at this time of the morning (6:30 am) in the last 3 days
in
> a row. However this could be the tree where it roosts.
>
> Edwin
>
>
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