Unusual early breeding the Wet Tropics.

[Del Richards <>]

     Whilst guiding to the north of Mt. Lewis yesterday in misty 
weather I paused along a roadway when I noticed two segments of eggshell 
on the ground. Upon investigation we found a Topknot Pigeon on a nest in 
a rather tall rainforest sapling about six metres above the ground.
    Judging by the fact that the adult sat tightly on the nest and the 
freshness of the eggshell there was a newly hatched chick present. 
Breeding is normal here about November.
    We also located a female Chowchilla lining a new nest with leaf 
skeletons which again is about three months early.
Weather conditions have been unusually cold in recent weeks so that 
would have hardly been the stimulus.
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman, NQ.
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