Broome 2007 part 8

A Paperbark Flycatcher busy at nest building. Both birds of the pair worked at the nest

28th A slow start and I have decided to stay at the BBO all day. There is a mud sampling trip early in the morning with Naoko and David Melville taking the three Chinese to show them the process. Most of the team go back to the Roebuck plains to a soak beside the highway where they expect to catch some Little Curlew and Oriental Plover and possibly some Oriental Pratincole. Some will probably go on to Lake Eda afterwards.
An Olive-backed Oriole calling constantly in the early morning and last night at about 4AM I could hear a Pied Butcherbird in song from somewhere back in the Pindan. I have not seen Long-tailed Finch all the time I have been here but others claim to have seen a few. Double-barred Finch come to the water occasionally. Otherwise the common species are Bar-shouldered Dove and Peaceful Dove, both of which are calling occasionally, in particular the ‘hollyhocks’ of the latter. Great Bowerbird and Little Friarbird are frequently seen and Singing Honeyeater is conspicuous and sometimes noisy. Less obvious is the Rufous-throated Honeyeater. The Paperbark Flycatcher is still noisy at the BBO and late in the day I find their nest. The two adults are busy building close to the toilet block in a Ventilago at about 3 metres. I took a lot of pictures of the activity at the nest with one bird spending a lot of time wiping its bill over the rim of the construction and both bringing in large strips of bark. Two Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo are watching proceedings closely! The Paperbark Flycatcher constantly call loudly with "chewit