Appendices

Appendix 1. Species of nests that we found with average body mass and nest type. *indicates raptors and generalist avian predators. # shows woodland dependant avian predators.

Common Name / Scientific Name / Number of Nestsin Remnants surrounded by Farmland / Number of Nestsin Remnants surrounded by Pine Plantations / Avg Body Mass (g) / Nest Type
Australasian Grebe / Tachybaptusnovaehollandiae / 3 / 0 / 219 / Waterweed Platform
Australian Magpie* / Cracticustibicen / 6 / 6 / 296 / Stick Platform
Australian Raven* / Corvus coronoides / 0 / 4 / 638 / Stick Platform
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike / Coracinanovaehollandiae / 2 / 0 / 118 / Cup/Bowl
Brown Thornbill / Acanthizapusilla / 0 / 2 / 7 / Dome
Brown Treecreeper / Climacterispicumnus / 2 / 0 / 32 / Hollow/Burrow
Buff-rumped Thornbill / Acanthizareguloides / 4 / 3 / 8 / Dome
Collared Sparrowhawk* / Accipiter cirrocephalus / 0 / 1 / 172 / Stick Platform
Crimson Rosella / Platycercuselegans / 0 / 2 / 133 / Hollow/Burrow
Dusky Woodswallow / Artamuscyanopterus / 2 / 0 / 35 / Cup/Bowl
Flame Robin / Petroicaphoenicea / 0 / 2 / 13 / Cup/Bowl
Grey Butcherbird* / Cracticustorquatus / 0 / 1 / 88 / Stick Platform
Grey Fantail / Rhipiduraalbiscapa / 4 / 1 / 8 / Cup/Bowl
Jacky Winter / Microecafascinans / 2 / 0 / 16 / Cup/Bowl
Laughing Kookabura* / Dacelonovaeguineae / 0 / 1 / 339 / Hollow/Burrow
Leaden Flycatcher / Myiagrarubecula / 5 / 0 / 14 / Cup/Bowl
Magpie-lark / Grallinacyanoleuca / 4 / 0 / 87 / Cup/Bowl
Mistletoebird / Dicaeumhirundinaceum / 3 / 0 / 9 / Dome
Noisy Fraiarbird# / Philemon corniculatus / 27 / 1 / 101 / Cup/Bowl
Pied Currawong* / Streperagraculina / 2 / 2 / 332 / Stick Platform
Rainbow Bee-eater / Meropsornatus / 1 / 0 / 27 / Hollow/Burrow
Red Wattlebird / Anthochaeracarunculata / 1 / 2 / 114 / Cup/Bowl
Restless Flycatcher / Myiagrainquieta / 2 / 0 / 21 / Cup/Bowl
Rufous Songlark / Cincloramphusmathewsi / 2 / 0 / 29 / Cup/Bowl
Rufous Whistler / Pachycephalarufiventris / 1 / 0 / 25 / Cup/Bowl
Sacred Kingfisher / Todiramphus sanctus / 0 / 1 / 43 / Hollow/Burrow
Silvereye / Zosterops lateralis / 2 / 0 / 12 / Cup/Bowl
Spotted Pardalote / Pardalotuspunctatus / 1 / 0 / 9 / Hollow/Burrow
Striated Pardalote / Pardalotusstriatus / 2 / 2 / 12 / Hollow/Burrow
Superb Fairy-wren / Maluruscyaneus / 5 / 4 / 10 / Dome
Weebill / Smicrornisbrevirostris / 0 / 1 / 6 / Dome
Western Gerygone / Gerygonefusca / 1 / 0 / 7 / Dome
White-browed Scrubwren / Sericornis frontalis / 0 / 1 / 13 / Dome
White-browed Woodswallow / Artamussuperciliosus / 12 / 0 / 36 / Cup/Bowl
White-faced Heron / Egrettanovaehollandiae / 2 / 0 / 585 / Stick Platform
White-throated Gerygone / Gerygoneolivacea / 6 / 5 / 7 / Dome
White-throated treecreeper / Cormobatesleucophaea / 2 / 1 / 23 / Hollow/Burrow
White-winged Chough# / Corcoraxmelanorhamphos / 2 / 0 / 368 / Cup/Bowl
White-winged Triller / Lalagesueurii / 5 / 0 / 25 / Cup/Bowl
Willie Wagtail / Rhipiduraleucophrys / 11 / 0 / 21 / Cup/Bowl
Yellow-faced Honeyeater / Caligavis chrysops / 1 / 0 / 17 / Cup/Bowl
Yellow-rumped Thornbill / Acanthizachrysorrhoa / 6 / 1 / 10 / Dome

Appendix 2. Species showing evidence of nesting in pine trees

Common Name / Scientific Name / Abundance / Breeding stage/Behaviours
Brown Thornbill / Acanthizapusilla / 1 / Fledglings
Brown Thornbill / Acanthizapusilla / 2 / Carrying food into pine stands
Buff-rumped Thornbill / Acanthizareguloides / 1 / Carrying food into pine stands
Buff-rumped Thornbill / Acanthizareguloides / 1 / Carrying nesting materials into pine stands
Eastern Yellow Robin / Eopsaltriaaustralis / 1 / Incubating on nest in pine tree
Grey Fantail / Rhipiduraalbiscapa / 1 / Fledglings
Grey Fantail / Rhipiduraalbiscapa / 1 / Incubating on nest in pine tree
Grey Fantail / Rhipiduraalbiscapa / 3 / Carrying nesting materials into pine stands
Silvereye / Zosterops lateralis / 1 / Carrying nesting materials into pine stands
White-browed Scrubwren / Sericornis frontalis / 1 / Feeding nestlings
White-browed Scrubwren / Sericornis frontalis / 1 / Nestlings
Yellow-faced Honeyeater / Caligavis chrysops / 1 / Feeding fledgelings
Yellow-faced Honeyeater / Caligavis chrysops / 1 / Carrying nesting materials into pine stands
Yellow-rumped Thornbill / Acanthizachrysorrhoa / 1 / Fledglings

Appendix 3. Figure derived from Bureau of Meteorology website, showing the highest temperature of a month in 2013 at Burrinjuck Dam weather station, compared with historical highest temperature of a month from 1965 to 2016.