Corcorax melanorhamphos

White-winged Chough at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Corcorax melanorhamphos	26 Oct 2019	Illilanga
	Corcorax melanorhamphos	26 Oct 2019	LisaH

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Watching nature means death, as well as life. I've followed this little chough since finding their nest. First there were two young, but only one that made it to the ground. I was concerned at how vulnerable the little one would be, thinking it couldn't fly, but then saw it about two metres up in a shrub and I breathed a (premature) sigh of relief. Sadly, the whole family disappeared about 10 days after the young one left the nest. I assume once it was no longer around the adult birds left the area. In photos 3 to 5, I found it fascinating to watch the adult birds bathing in the dust. They filled their beaks with dirt, then dispersed the grains throughout their feathers.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.093499 -35.328218
Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

6 Abundance
14 Oct 2019 07:01 PM Recorded on
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LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Corcorax melanorhamphos Scientific name
White-winged Chough Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 899.7m Recorded at altitude
839 images trained Machine learning

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