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Re: Red wattlebirds fishing

Subject: Re: Red wattlebirds fishing
From: Adam Bridger <>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:17:14 +1000
He's admitted that he's not 100% sure it was eating tadpoles, but it was diving quite deep apparently.

>I did ask that myself, but he was pretty sure it was eating the tadpoles.
>
>Not sure what happened to my signature....
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Adam Bridger

www.OzBirds.com

Philip Veerman wrote:
Why does he think they are "fishing for tadpoles"? This diving into water is the characteristic behaviour of honeyeaters (or some honeyeaters including the RW) of bathing. Who is www.ozbirds.com <http://www.ozbirds.com>? Philip




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