[Birding-Aus] Strickland State Forest, NSW (nr. Gosford)

[Charles Hunter]

Hi all,

A pleasant morning spent in Strickland State Forest today, 9th December. The following birds were seen:

Black-faced Monarch, Green Catbird, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Large-billed Scrubwren, Eastern Yellow Robin, Eastern Whipbird, Bell Miner, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Lewin's Honeyeater.

Cheers,
Charles

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[Tom and Mandy Wilson]

Hi all
as I was out walking this morning, I saw a Magpie dive bomb 3 Crested
Pigeons - but it did not attack me or the chap I saw with a dog, which I
would assume were more threatening. I couldn't see any fledglings, so why
would a Magpie see Crested Pigeons as a threat?
Cheers
Tom Wilson

[Philip Veerman]

They often do that. They probably don't see Crested Pigeons as a threat. They are just aggressive. Three possible reasons, attempted predation, they are showing off their aggression to their magpie family to impress them or that they just like to keep their aggressive behaviour well rehearsed and finely tuned.

Philip

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom and Mandy Wilson
To: Birding Aus
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Magpie aggression to Crested Pigeons

Hi all
as I was out walking this morning, I saw a Magpie dive bomb 3 Crested
Pigeons - but it did not attack me or the chap I saw with a dog, which I
would assume were more threatening. I couldn't see any fledglings, so why
would a Magpie see Crested Pigeons as a threat?
Cheers
Tom Wilson

[Cas and Lisa Liber]

..or they recognise that Crested pigeons are likely to be targets for
wandering raptors and hence prefer not to have anything likely to attract
said predators to the nesting area. (from Kaplans book on the magpie)
Cas

-----Original Message-----
From: birding-a...@vicnet.net.au
[mailto:birding-a...@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Philip Veerman
Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 9:32 PM
To: Tom and Mandy Wilson; Birding Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Magpie aggression to Crested Pigeons

They often do that. They probably don't see Crested Pigeons as a threat.
They are just aggressive. Three possible reasons, attempted predation, they
are showing off their aggression to their magpie family to impress them or
that they just like to keep their aggressive behaviour well rehearsed and
finely tuned.

Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom and Mandy Wilson
To: Birding Aus
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Magpie aggression to Crested Pigeons

Hi all
as I was out walking this morning, I saw a Magpie dive bomb 3 Crested
Pigeons - but it did not attack me or the chap I saw with a dog, which I
would assume were more threatening. I couldn't see any fledglings, so why
would a Magpie see Crested Pigeons as a threat?
Cheers
Tom Wilson

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[Cas and Lisa Liber]

There's a couple available here:
http://tinyurl.com/2xu436
Museum bookshops are good to. Got her new one on the tawny Frogmouth from WA
museum a couple of weeks ago
Cheers
Cas

-----Original Message-----
From: peter crow [mailto:cor...@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 11:27 PM
To: Cas and Lisa Liber
Cc: 'Birding Aus'
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Magpie aggression to Crested Pigeons

Its interesting to hear different opinions of WHY magpies behave as they do.
But that is all most are , opinions.

Quoting Kaplan is also interesting as this popular volume contains some
science but so far I have been unable to find it.

Peter

[peter crow]

Its interesting to hear different opinions of WHY magpies behave as
they do. But that is all most are , opinions.

Quoting Kaplan is also interesting as this popular volume contains
some science but so far I have been unable to find it.

Peter
On 10/12/2007, at 9:52 PM, Cas and Lisa Liber wrote: