Some of you may remember my annual reports of Laughing Kookaburras nesting in a hole in the big Palm tree in our back garden. They’ve successfully produced a couple of young in each of the last four or five years. In the last few days a pair of Galahs have been eyeing off the nest hole, going in and out checking things out ( beds, running water, etc). This morning the Kookies arrived back for the season, potentially raising a storm over rights to the site. Pam and I have been discussing which pair should be issued the nesting lease for this year, or do we have a say in the matter anyway? Both species produce a lot of noise and heaps of guano so we are at a loss how to decide. Comments and suggestions would be most welcome from any birders experienced in avian nesting leases for these species.
Thank you, Tony and Pam.
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Eek ! I hope my Palm Tree doesn’t fall over then.
Tony
Not relevant to the present problem, but perhaps of passing interest: my father told me of a pair of Kookas that nested in a hollow dead branch of a gumtree near the house where he grew up (Albert River region, a bit south of Brisbane). Year after year they nested in that same branch. Then one year they chose a new nest site … and later that year the old nest site branch fell off the tree. Coincidence? Or did they some how know?
Cheers
Syd
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Do I get more rent for a nest box or a hole in a tree? Better order a box from Jag I suppose.
Galahs are back today. I suppose I could lease to the highest bidder. I did try advertising in the Mt Winter area for the odd PP or so but apparently the response rate is poor.( I could then have charged each of you frantic twitchers $209.38 for access to my back garden and the chance of a tick – cheaper than risking a fine west of Kings Canyon.)
Tony
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Tones,
how about putting up a nestbox for the unsuccessful tenant. If the situation is anything like over here in Melbourne, vacancy rates are very low, so you would be doing them a favour!!
You could become a multiple property Landlord
Yours in all things “green”
Regards
John Harris
Manager, Environment and Sustainability
Donvale Christian College 155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111 03 9844 2471 Ext 217 0409 090 955 john.harris@donvale.vic.edu.au
President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) Past President, Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE)
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Ok, That’s K 1, G 0 , Abstain 1.
Tony
Tony,
I would leave them to sort it out between themselves, as they would in the bush. That is unless you need the guano for your garden, which means that you would have to issue the lease to the greater guano generating group. Rather like the recent elections I suppose.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
Some of you may remember my annual reports of Laughing Kookaburras nesting in a hole in the big Palm tree in our back garden. They’ve successfully produced a couple of young in each of the last four or five years. In the last few days a pair of Galahs have been eyeing off the nest hole, going in and out checking things out ( beds, running water, etc). This morning the Kookies arrived back for the season, potentially raising a storm over rights to the site. Pam and I have been discussing which pair should be issued the nesting lease for this year, or do we have a say in the matter anyway? Both species produce a lot of noise and heaps of guano so we are at a loss how to decide. Comments and suggestions would be most welcome from any birders experienced in avian nesting leases for these species.
Thank you, Tony and Pam.
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Hey Tony,
My vote is for the Kookas to kick the squatters out.
Peter.
Tones, how about putting up a nestbox for the unsuccessful tenant. If the situation is anything like over here in Melbourne, vacancy rates are very low, so you would be doing them a favour!!
You could become a multiple property Landlord
Yours in all things “green”
Regards
John Harris Manager, Environment and Sustainability Donvale Christian College 155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111 03 9844 2471 Ext 217 0409 090 955 john.harris@donvale.vic.edu.au
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