Hi all I’ve just been sent pics of that, to me, confirm this behaviour (in Cheltenham, southern Melbourne). The nest is a deep cup on an inner fork of a small tree with the wattlebird sitting well down in the cup. Has anyone heard of this happening before? Michael Norris Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife … Read more
Saw my first Dollarbird for the season as I returned from my morning walk – also the first Channel-billed Cuckoo for this neck of the woods (3 weeks after Bill Jolly!). Also had a rare encounter with a koala – only seen once or twice a year here – Walter ZImmerman Park (27° 33′ 54″S … Read more
The paper by Danny Rogers and others in Emu 105(2) entitled ‘Gull-billed Terns in north-western Australia: subspecies identification, moults and behavioural notes’, indicates they have trapped affinis terns in the Broome area in every month of the year. I noticed in the latest issue of the journal Forktail a comment attributed to Danny Rogers that … Read more