Whilst guiding to the north of Mt. Lewis yesterday in misty weather I paused along a roadway when I noticed two segments of eggshell on the ground. Upon investigation we found a Topknot Pigeon on a nest in a rather tall rainforest sapling about six metres above the ground. Judging by the fact that the adult sat tightly on the nest and the freshness of the eggshell there was a newly hatched chick present. Breeding is normal here about November. We also located a female Chowchilla lining a new nest with leaf skeletons which again is about three months early. Weather conditions have been unusually cold in recent weeks so that would have hardly been the stimulus.
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman, NQ. ===============================
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Del, The usual early breeders are all at it down this way, southern Atherton Tablelands.
The Boatbills have stopped calling so they may be breeding too.
Fantail Cuckoos had been noisy and have now gone quiet but are showing themselves in open places like they normally do before they become vociferous.
The Longlands Gap Golden Bowerbird has stopped working on his bower but all others I have been watching are still working. I must get in and check if that bower near the old site of mine which became so famous along the track from the Longlands Gap sign has decoration &/or if the bird has coloured up after all these years. Maybe it is just a site used by young birds.
Alan