Put the building somewhere else ??
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[ On Behalf Of Ricki Coughlan
Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
5:26 AM
To: birding aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Relocating
Great Bowerbird bowers
A local school here in
Broome is constructing a new a building which will be on the site of a
Great Bowerbird's bower. They have requested my help regarding what they
can do minimise the impact on the bird's life. Current ideas which
they've floated are:
- Leave him alone and let him find a
new place;
- Try to relocate the bower into a
new position on site that is safe;
- Remove his display items and hope
he makes a new bower.
Does anyone have any experience with
this type of matter who can shed some light on this for me? Great Bowerbird
bowers are much larger than those of the Satin and Regent Bowerbirds which
many readers on the east coast might be familiar with, but I am hoping that the
same types of behavioural responses might be shared with our birds here.
Insights or experiences with Great Bowerbirds would be very useful.
I'm open to any suggestions but
direct experience would be favoured over speculation. Thanks for your help
