I'm having second thoughts about the nesting of the log-runners. It really
looked as though the bird was building a nest - spending a lot f time moving
bits of leaf, twig etc. with the bill and scratching around in circles up
against a log instead of moving on and scratching in other places - as
though preparing the ground and arranging material, but I realized later it was
a male, and only females build the nest. The female was nearby. Did the male
decide to give hand this time? Or did he perhaps just find some particularly
interesting insects that took a lot of uncovering? It was the way he kept
picking up bits that looked like possible nesting material and pivoting around
in the same spot for so long that made it look like the start of nest-building.
Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD
Araucaria Ecotours
http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com
Chair Wildlife Tourism Australia: http://wildlifetourism.org.au
Chair Scenic Rim Wildlife: http://scenicrim.wildlife.org.au/
Honorary research fellow Griffith University
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