An unusual use for a tree guard!
By Birding-Aus, on October 29th, 2013
We have heard plenty of Owlet-nightjars on our place north of Hobart but never seen one. We were checking trees we had planted, this afternoon on the north side of the hill and on checking one, found this roosting safely inside! We were unaware that they would roost on the ground, more often tree stumps or hollows. We imagine this would be fairly unusual? Debbie and Julian =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Yes, we went up there a little while ago and checked. Presumably it was warm, sheltered and safe from snakes. On Tuesday, 29 October 2013 8:45 PM, brian fleming < flambeau@labyrinth.net.au> wrote: I hope it could get out of its possie inside the tree-guard. We once found a female Hooded Robin trapped inside a tree-guard – presumably it had flown down inside after a moth or grass-hopper. We raised the plastic sleeve and it dashed out, and instantly began feeding on insects in the grass despite the presence of several people within metres. Anthea Fleming On 29/10/2013 4:51 PM, Deb Colbourne wrote: We have heard plenty of Owlet-nightjars on our place north of Hobart but never seen one. We were checking trees we had planted, this afternoon on the north side of the hill and on checking one, found this roosting safely inside! We were unaware that they would roost on the ground, more often tree stumps or hollows. We imagine this would be fairly unusual? Debbie and Julian send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) =============================== No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG – http://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3426 / Virus Database: 3222/6789 – Release Date: 10/28/13 =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
I hope it could get out of its possie inside the tree-guard. We once found a female Hooded Robin trapped inside a tree-guard – presumably it had flown down inside after a moth or grass-hopper. We raised the plastic sleeve and it dashed out, and instantly began feeding on insects in the grass despite the presence of several people within metres. Anthea Fleming On 29/10/2013 4:51 PM, Deb Colbourne wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================