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Monday, 6 November 2017
Avian Nesting 13/100 in October 2017 - Pin-tailed Parrotfinch
In late October 2017 I witness a single parent (male) preparing a nest in Sg Congkak. The female was not seen for the two hour I spend monitoring its activity. The bird come in quite regularly 15-30 minutes interval in the morning but during noon it kept away. I left at about 1.30pm
The nest looks like a broadbill hanging clump of messy twigs and straws weaved to a living vine. The nest is about 30ft high up above a stream. Across the stream there is a hugh bamboo grove to which it presumably feed on its seeds.
I have always thought its nest would be in a trunk hollow like the parakeet.
Last visit in last week of October there was no activity around the nest. Was it abandoned or damaged by inclement weather.............
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