Hi there birders,
I had an interesting question on my birding blog yesterday. A reader
from Adelaide asked "Do Blackbirds swoop people?"
I had to reply no - not in my experience and I've never heard of anyone
else experiencing or seeing this. A search on the net revealed nothing.
A read through the entry on Blackbirds in HANZAB has no mention of such
behaviour.
Does anyone have any comments on this?
As a result of this question I have written an article on my birding
blog about aggressive behaviour in birds and how to deal with it if it
is directed at humans. I would invite readers of Birding-Aus to read the
article and comment in the comments section. Thanks in anticipation.
The link is
http://www.trevorsbirding.com/do-blackbirds-swoop-how-to-deal-with-aggressive-bird-behaviour/
Happy birding - and don't forget to duck that swooping magpie!!
Trevor
--
Trevor Hampel
Murray Bridge
South Australia
Check out my BLOGS (web logs):
Trevor's Birding - observations and photos of birds at
http://www.trevorsbirding.com
Trevor's Travels - travels in Australia, Thailand and Nepal at
http://www.trevorstravels.com
Trevor's Writing - read some of my writing at http://www.trevorhampel.com
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
| 