>>My father rang to say that he had was visiting the Sydney University Vet
>>School in Camden and saw a royal spoonbill and a yellow-billed spoonbill
>>collaboratively feeding in a local dam. He rang to ask if I could post this
>
>>message to ask if this is common behaviour?
>
>Alastair
>
>It's not uncommon to see them together in parts of Victoria - but always a
pleasure!
>
I think that the key point is whether they were just feeding in
"association" with one
another or whether they were feeding collaboratively. The latter has a
different
connotation, i.e. actively helping each other to obtain food, and would be most
interesting. I don't mean to be pedantic but this distinction is important.
Cheers
Pete
Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
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