Enchanting Red-capped Robins - Singing, nesting and raising young in the Capertee Valley скачать в хорошем качестве

Enchanting Red-capped Robins - Singing, nesting and raising young in the Capertee Valley

BIBY TV is delighted to present these rarely captured scenes of Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii) family life. Indeed, it’s a remarkable tale of breeding success, with four young raised in one season. The footage was collected and produced by Vicki Powys, who exclusively owns all rights to the video. Vicki resides in the stunning Capertee Valley, which is recognised internationally as an Important Bird Area (IBA) and is listed in the top 50 places for birdwatching in the world. What an ideal location for this conservationist, citizen scientist and renowned wildlife sound recordist. For more information on this wonderful production please read Vicki’s description below. “The endearing Red-capped Robin is the smallest of Australia's red robins and occurs in scrub and open woodland in drier regions of the mainland. Mature males have eyecatching scarlet, black and white plumage, while the buff-grey females develop a rusty cap when 1-2 years old. Fledglings are grey-brown and speckled and become independent about a month after leaving the nest. From the start of nest building to young fledging takes about five weeks. Adults may attempt several nests per breeding season but the success rate is low, averaging only 1-2 fledglings per year. In Capertee Valley NSW the spring of 2020 was a good season with lots of insects, mild weather and recent rainfall. I monitored one pair of adult robins (a mature-plumaged male with a younger female) who produced four fledglings from two nests, which is double the average success rate, hooray! A third nest built in early December was abandoned when the eggs were predated by a raven. Nesting had begun in late July, with one young fledging on 31st August, while the second nest was built in late September with three young fledging on 27 October. Adult males give a trilled territorial song, and both adults give scolding and ticking calls to warn of danger. Fledglings give a high pitched cheep to beg for food, with parents delivering caterpillars, crickets, small cicadas and spiders. Further reading with downloadable articles on my website: https://caperteebirder.com/?page_id=467 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 and iMovie on an iMac computer.”