Dear all My friend Susan Cantrell and her husband Ray have settled in Armidale. Here is her story (without the attached pictures) about a nest. If anyone wants to see the photos, please ask and I’ll forward the complete email to you. Shirley Cook _______ Hi Shirley. Thought you might like to see these photos. Last year when we first moved in here I found quite a few nests in the garden. One was a Grey Fantail’s attached to a roll of wire. I found it hanging from the rafters in a garden shed. I actually took it down and took it all the way up to Tamborine Mt to show my old bird group. It’s a much-travelled nest! I hung it back up when I returned home and lo and behold a pair of Willy Wags has taken it over this year and laid three eggs in it! Talk about recycling! They don’t sit on it in the heat of the day – I presume that’s because it’s too hot under the corrugated iron roof of the shed. I hope the eggs don’t cook! The difference between the two species’ nests is – the GF’s is woven grass and cobwebs and has a tail like a wine glass. The WW’s is made of a similar material but is cupped – no tail about the same size though. Nevertheless they don’t seem to mind the architecture, so long as it works! In the second photo that’s him telling me off. The only access they have to the nest is through the door as the shed is totally wired in elsewhere. The tail of the original nest has been somewhat shortened and the WW’s seems to built almost on top of it – to one side. Cheers Susan
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Some birds certainly aren’t easily put off from their nesting places. I was in Pokhara, Nepal in February. Just down the road from where I stayed, there was a tiny bakery café I visited a few times. In the middle of the café, a pair of Barn Swallows had built a nest on a fluorescent light fitting attached to the ceiling. It was rather pleasant to watch the Swallows flying back and forth bringing food to their chicks, while having 11ses. Easiest tick you could get. Carl Clifford
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A pair of silly young Willies have tried to build a nest on a beam outside my office. Of course there is no way they can attach the spider webs and plaant material. I placed a suitably sized forked twig on one of their favourite spots and a wire coiled over the beam and looped to a suitable size on the side. One bird tried to remove the wire but they have shifted their attention to further along the beam. Every now and then they seem to have a day or too off but this has been going on for over two weeks now. A good friend suggested I should refrain from helping as they are too stupid to breed. That doesn’t seem to stop our species! Alan Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather Road Yungaburra 4884 Phone 07 4095 3784 Mobile 0408 953 786 http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/ —–Original Message—– Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 06:47 AM Dear all My friend Susan Cantrell and her husband Ray have settled in Armidale. Here is her story (without the attached pictures) about a nest. If anyone wants to see the photos, please ask and I’ll forward the complete email to you. Shirley Cook _______ Hi Shirley. Thought you might like to see these photos. Last year when we first moved in here I found quite a few nests in the garden. One was a Grey Fantail’s attached to a roll of wire. I found it hanging from the rafters in a garden shed. I actually took it down and took it all the way up to Tamborine Mt to show my old bird group. It’s a much-travelled nest! I hung it back up when I returned home and lo and behold a pair of Willy Wags has taken it over this year and laid three eggs in it! Talk about recycling! They don’t sit on it in the heat of the day – I presume that’s because it’s too hot under the corrugated iron roof of the shed. I hope the eggs don’t cook! The difference between the two species’ nests is – the GF’s is woven grass and cobwebs and has a tail like a wine glass. The WW’s is made of a similar material but is cupped – no tail about the same size though. Nevertheless they don’t seem to mind the architecture, so long as it works! In the second photo that’s him telling me off. The only access they have to the nest is through the door as the shed is totally wired in elsewhere. The tail of the original nest has been somewhat shortened and the WW’s seems to built almost on top of it – to one side. Cheers Susan
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