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Recovery Round-up: Volume 8 – Issue 4
Posted: 03/10/2021Tool Use by the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus During Display
Posted: 03/10/2021Co-operative Hunting by Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina
Posted: 03/10/2021Observations on the Diet of the Christmas Island Owl
Posted: 03/10/2021Observations on the Breeding of Figbirds and Common Koels
Posted: 03/10/2021Observations on Figbirds Sphecotheres viridis breeding in one locality during 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1982-83, are presented. Observations include methods of nest building, incubation and rearing of young. Dates of laying, hatching and fledging were also noted. Parasitism by Common Koels Eudynamys scolopacea occurred in each year and was included in the study. Breeding success appears […]
Read MoreFeeding Times of Honeyeaters on Banksia ericifolia Inflorescences
Posted: 03/10/2021Feeding times of honeyeaters on Banksia ericlfolia inflorescences were studied. Territorial Red Wattlebirds Anthochaera carunculata had a significantly longer mean feeding time/ inflorescence than non-territorial (opportunistic) individuals, and there were large differences between those of opportunistically foraging Eastern Spinebills Acanthorhynchus tenulrostris, New Holland Honeyeaters Phylidonyris novaehollandiae and Crescent Honeyeaters P. pyrrhoptera. Reasons for these differences […]
Read MoreThe Breeding Biology of the Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys in a Suburban Woodlot
Posted: 03/10/2021Over a two-year period Willie Wagtails were studied in a suburban woodlot in Beverly Hills, Sydney. Observations revealed that territories were held year round with intra- and interspecific aggression greatest when breeding, that there was a possible courtship display and that a distraction display was used against potential predators. Overall 51.6% of all eggs laid […]
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