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! The links to the pictures are for Flickr: 34886851@N03/10553051875/in/photostream/” >http://www.flickr.com/photos/34886851@N03/10553051875/in/photostream/ 34886851@N03/10553066375/in/photostream/” >http://www.flickr.com/photos/34886851@N03/10553066375/in/photostream/ 34886851@N03/10553055046/in/photostream/” >http://www.flickr.com/photos/34886851@N03/10553055046/in/photostream/ 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 ===============================
For what it’s worth, on a couple of occasions now guys at work have found them in pitfall traps (pipes) during fauna surveys. Whether they think the pipes are potential roosting sites or they end up in there some other way, I don’t know John Sent from my iPhone =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Possibly, we wondered that. It would be safe in there from feral cats, snakes etc. they do roost in low stumps, but this would have been warm, sheltered from the wind.
We’d be interested in other peoples’ experiences with this.
Debbie
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I’m wondering if the bird has just mistaken the plastic tree guard for a hollow stump. Do they normally roost in places like that – i.e. a stump about a foot high with a vertical hollow? I wonder what it thought about the amount of light that was getting in through the sides. Peter Shute =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================