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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