Sunday, November 29, 2009

Channel-billed cuckoos this morning plus other birds

Two channel-billed cuckoos this morning 6.10am one making unusual sound get food and feeds the other. Seen CBC around a lot over the last few weeks - up to four in a group.
Eastern rozellas this morning and yesterday.
Whipbird again on boardwalk area in plain view very close to me watched it calling - wide open bill.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

NESTS this November

At the moment I am watching the following nests:
Sacred Kingfishes building nest in termite nest my end of FOM
Rainbow lorikeets my end FOM - tree hollow only about 3 mtrs up close to rack my end - sits looking out brooding
Red-browed finches - watched build nest my end FOM edge of track - other RBF nests nearby - now brooding I think
all these near each other
Collared Sparrowhawk on creek Buffalo half way along boardwalk - brooding
Peewee near bridge over creek - brooding
Brown Thornbills eadge of clearing my end FOM watched with nest buidling stuff can hear in bush.

CSH (Collared Sparrowhawk) restless in nest this morning

I am looking out for signs that the chicks have hatched. This morning around 7 am the adulton nest seemed restless , sitting quite high in nest and kept shuffling and putting head down under - have the chicks arrived???

Whipbirds courting this morning

Observed two whipbirds chasing each other around along creek near Field Studies Centre end - ntoable because much of it was right out in the open - they didn't seem to be wrried out this - they cetainly rushed across open areas at great speed as it usual.

Collared Sparrowhawk Nesting FOM 20-11-09