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The Bird Observer (newsletter of
theBOCA) a few years ago had a whole series of articles relating to several
species (off the top of my head, I think mainly House Sparrows, White-browed
Scrubwrens and maybe Magpie-larks & Superb Fairy-wrens but don't quote me on
that) doing exactly that, at a variety of locations. The Bird Observer has an index, in which someone could find
these reports. I have noticed the same thing several times and often at
good locations for the behaviour, such as the picnic rest stop near Chiltern on
the Hume highway.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Clive Meadows <>
To:
<>
Date:
Monday, 29 January 2001 20:11
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Meals on
wheels
Last week we briefly stopped in at the Coachwood
picnic area within
Washpool NP north eastern NSW. No sooner had I parked
the car when a small
group of White-Browed Scrubwrens including young
appeared. They immediately
hopped up in under the car and fed off the
dead insects in and around the
radiator. Having finished they
hopped off and flew back into the
bushes.Little opportunistics I thought.
However another car arrived about
30 minutes later and within seconds the
scrubwrens were back and repeating
the performance, this time also
checking the windscreen wipers.It would
appear that this group of birds
has learnt that a car brings a veritable
banquet and they hang in and
around the car park in anticipation.
Rgds Clive
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