Observations of a breeding pair of Swamphen Porhpyrio porphyrio, breeding near Manjimup, 480 km south of Perth, during 1976/7, are presented. After hatching the male constructs a nursery nest (Ridpath 1971) in a tussock of grass or amongst some reeds in a situation more easily accessible to the chicks where they can be brooded at […]
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