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DonFletcher
wrote:
1 hr ago
Hi @jb2602, I think that is probably either a bandicoot or a rabbit. Judging by the location, this is probably the eagle pair that produced two of the three ACT records of Isoodon obesulus (other than the captive ones seen frequently at Tidbinbilla, and at a time -2003- when there were none of that species in captivity).
As I commented on your other record, if you are getting this close to a nest (I assume within 400m) then there is a far better way to determine the eagles' diet, which is systematic collection of oorts (the uneaten remains of prey) and pellets (inedible parts of prey regurgitated from the crop in a cylindrical mass) and eventually have them examined by a person with the required experience (and preferably access to reference collections of bones, scales and feathers) to identify them. The late Jerry Olsen published such results several times and Stuart Rae at ANU is now doing such work for the Little Eagle. I am less interested in raptor diet and more interested in the zoological survey which it represents, for example Isoodon obesulus is known only from oorts found beneath WTE nests! The staff at the Australian National Wildlife Collection may be able to assist or advise on aspect of this.
Here is a record of Isoodon obesulus from beneath a WTE nest at RobRoy Isoodon obesulus obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
As I commented on your other record, if you are getting this close to a nest (I assume within 400m) then there is a far better way to determine the eagles' diet, which is systematic collection of oorts (the uneaten remains of prey) and pellets (inedible parts of prey regurgitated from the crop in a cylindrical mass) and eventually have them examined by a person with the required experience (and preferably access to reference collections of bones, scales and feathers) to identify them. The late Jerry Olsen published such results several times and Stuart Rae at ANU is now doing such work for the Little Eagle. I am less interested in raptor diet and more interested in the zoological survey which it represents, for example Isoodon obesulus is known only from oorts found beneath WTE nests! The staff at the Australian National Wildlife Collection may be able to assist or advise on aspect of this.
Here is a record of Isoodon obesulus from beneath a WTE nest at RobRoy Isoodon obesulus obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
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DonFletcher
wrote:
1 hr ago
Here is a record of Isoodon obesulus from beneath a WTE nest at RobRoy Isoodon obesulus obesulus (Southern Brown Bandicoot)
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DonFletcher
wrote:
1 hr ago
Hi @jb2602, I think that is the skin (mainly) of a rabbit-sized mammal and it will probably be impossible to identify further than that with confidence. If you are getting this close to a nest (I assume within 400m) then there is a far better way to determine the eagles' diet, which is systematic collection of oorts (the uneaten remains of prey) and pellets (inedible parts of prey regurgitated from the crop in a cylindrical mass) and eventually have them examined by a person with the required experience (and preferably access to reference collections of bones, scales and feathers) to identify them. The late Jerry Olsen published such results several times and Stuart Rae at ANU is now doing such work for the Little Eagle. I am less interested in raptor diet and more interested in the zoological survey which it represents, for example one ACT mammal species is known only from oorts found beneath WTE nests! The staff at the Australian National Wildlife Collection may be able to assist or advise on aspect of this.
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WendyEM
wrote:
Yesterday
It looks like it has a secondary user who has covered the opening.
Doratifera (genus)
WendyEM
wrote:
Yesterday
I am not sure these are lepidoptera. I am still looking.
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
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- Aprasia parapulchella
- Keyacris scurra at Nicholls, ACT
- Phascolarctos cinereus at Theodore, ACT
- Rhaphidophoridae (family) at Mongarlowe, NSW
- Corysanthes grumula
- Callocephalon fimbriatum at Cook, ACT
- Campodeidae (family) at Aranda, ACT
- Araujia sericifera at Red Hill, ACT
- Acrotriche leucocarpa at Cotter River, ACT
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- Gleditsia triacanthos at Curtin, ACT
- Persicaria lapathifolia at Evatt, ACT
- Calotis glandulosa at Anglers Reach, NSW
- Zanda funerea at Deakin, ACT
- Keyacris scurra at Brayton, NSW
- Bothriochloa bladhii at Googong, NSW
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