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Spotted Pardalotes nesting in Capertee Valley - Includes very rare fledging scenes

BIBY TV is thrilled to present these remarkable scenes of Spotted Pardalotes (Pardalotus punctatus) nesting in the Capertee Valley (NSW, Australia) in spring 2021. The footage was captured, edited and produced by the conservationist, citizen scientist and renowned wildlife sound recordist, Vicki Powys, who exclusively owns all rights to the video. The production includes singing, nest-building, parental care and rarely observed fledging. How wonderful to witness those very first moments a young pardalote sees the world outside the nest burrow! For more information about this intimate portrait of a Spotted Pardalote family please read Vicki’s description below. “The tiny and colourful Spotted Pardalote is one of four pardalote species endemic to Australia. Its bell-like calls are heard in forest and woodland habitats, usually from high in the treetops where the pardalotes forage for lerp (the sugary homes of psyllid larvae). It is only when the birds are attending their underground nesting burrow that closer observation is possible. This video follows the full breeding cycle of a pair – from burrow excavation, lining the nest with bark fibres, incubating then feeding the nestlings – with a close-up grand finale of two young ones emerging from the burrow and taking their first flight. All nest duties were done by both parents in equal shares. After three young ones had fledged they were tended by their parents in the tree tops as they learned to forage for themselves. The parents began re-nesting in the same nest burrow, just one week after these young had fledged. This video and observations were made by Vicki Powys in Capertee Valley, NSW, in dry woodland habitat on private property that has been covenanted to protect nature. Filming was done with a Lumix pocket camera (DMC-TZ80), edited in QuickTime Player and iMovie on an iMac computer. Supplementary audio was recorded using an Olympus LS10 recorder and various microphones including a Sennheiser ME66 gun mic and small lavalier microphones placed close to the nest. The birds were remarkably tolerant of my presence close by, during all stages of nesting.”