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RESULTS FROM A BANDING STUDY OF PEREGRINE FALCON CHICKS IN VICTORIA, 1972-1997

Posted: 29/07/2021
Author(s): W. B. EMISON, V. G. HURLEY, C. M. WHITE and D. J. BRIMM

Since 1972, 807 Peregrine Falcon chicks have been banded in Victoria and 66 of these have been either recovered or resighted. There was a slight but significant (P < 0.05) female-bias in the sex ratios of both the nestlings banded and the subsequent band recoveries. Most (69.7%) recoveries were made more than 4 km from […]

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MATE GUARDING IN THE MAGPIE-LARK

Posted: 29/07/2021
Author(s): VANESSA NEILL and ALAN LILL

Socially monogamous Magpie-larks Grallina cyanoleuca were studied to evaluate whether the potential for sperm competition was reduced by mate guarding or frequent copulation with the mate. Breeding among nearby pairs was sufficiently asynchronous to generate opportunities for extra-pair copulations, but frequent intra-pair copulation was not evident. The mean intra-pair and pair-to-nest distances were significantly smaller […]

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POST-JUVENILE MOULT STRATEGIES OF CO-EXISTING GOULDIAN, LONG-TAILED AND MASKED FINCHES

Posted: 29/07/2021
Author(s): DONALD C. FRANKLIN, P. L. DOSTINE and SONIA C. TIDEMANN

The post-juvenile moult strategies of three co-existing woodland finch species in monsoonal northern Australia were compared. Juvenile Gouldian Finches tended to moult at the same time of year as each other regardless of age, whereas in juvenile Long-tailed and Masked Finches the commencement of moult was progressive through the year and may be related more […]

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Seabird Islands: No. 5/1 (237) – Cook Island, New South Wales

Posted: 28/07/2021
Author(s): D. L. Charley

ERRATUM SEABIRD ISLAND No. 237 Cook Island, NSW – in Corella (1998) 22(2): 67-68 change to SEABIRD ISLAND No. 5/1 The number given the islands in the Seabird Island Series is unique to the island. Any subsequent descriptions with new data are given the number of the island and a qualifying number that indicates the […]

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THE DOWNY YOUNG AND JUVENILE OF THE CHESTNUT RAIL, WITH NOTES ON DEVELOPMENT

Posted: 28/07/2021
Author(s): DONALD C. FRANKLIN and TERRY A. BARNES

We describe the downy young and juvenile stages of the Chestnut Rail, a large, little-known rail of tropical mangrove forests, and provide notes on development. The information was obtained from four birds of two clutches hatched in the wild but raised in captivity. Young are precocial. Moult from downy to juvenile plumage commences at about […]

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PLAYBACK TAPES AS AN AID FOR MIST-NETTING REGENT HONEYEATERS

Posted: 28/07/2021
Author(s): D. J. GEERING

Playback tapes are a useful tool in censusing birds but their use as an aid for trapping birds for banding is generally overlooked. In the Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Regent Honeyeaters reacted strongly to playback tapes during the breeding season and were readily caught in mist-nets with the use of tapes. This technique offered […]

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ASSOCIATION OF BIRDS WITH FALLEN TIMBER IN BOX-IRONBARK FOREST OF CENTRAL VICTORIA

Posted: 28/07/2021
Author(s): N. H. LAVEN and R. MAC NALLY

The potential role of fallen timber in influencing avian microhabitat use was examined in box-ironbark forests in the Dunolly forest block in central Victoria, Australia. Six sites with relatively high levels of fallen timber across each site were selected. Within each site, areas with (‘debris’ areas) and without (’empty’ areas) piles of fallen timber were […]

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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CONTROL OF WATER REGIMES IN RIVER RED GUM WETLANDS AND ABUNDANCE OF WATERBIRDS

Posted: 28/07/2021
Author(s): S. V. BRIGGS, W. G. LAWLER and S. A. THORNTON

Twelve wetlands on the floodplain of the Murrumbidgee River (Murray-Darling Basin, Australia) were surveyed for waterbirds while they were flooded during 1989-90. At six of the wetlands, water regimes were controlled slightly or not at all; at the other six sites water regimes were controlled moderately or heavily. Abundances of six species of waterbird were […]

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