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
Sent: Monday, 10 December 2007 11:27 PM
To: Cas and Lisa Liber
Cc: 'Birding Aus'
Subject: 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
On 10/12/2007, at 9:52 PM, Cas and Lisa Liber wrote:
> ..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:
> 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
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