I “discovered” a third pair of Tawny Frogmouths today along a creek where I walk regularly and that made me wonder what size territory they need. I think the stretch would be somewhere between 2.5 and 3 k with suburbia on one side and a bit of remnant bush on the other. Does anyone have any idea what size their territories are? Thanks, Sonja _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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Thanks, Martin. I’ll try to work out the distances next time I walk there. On 08/06/2014, at 4:10 PM, Martin Butterfield <martinflab@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Lurking within the “Social Organisation” element of the HANZAB reference to this species is a comment about home range “40-80Ha, perhaps as small as 20Ha”. We have a pair which breed and roost in our garden (rural residential area outside Queanbeyan) and I have found other birds roosting about 800m from the roost site, and suspect our lot have turned up on another property at least 300m from the nest tree. If I assume a 500m radius for their territory the answer is very close to 80Ha. Martin Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ On 8 June 2014 15:29, Sonja Ross <sonja.ross7@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org