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Flying with protection

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Subject: Flying with protection
From: "Colin Driscoll" <>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:09:25 +1100
Hi all

Last week while working in the upper Hunter Valley I observed the following:

I was on a ridge and a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike flew from the top of a tree
and headed off towards the opposite ridge about 750m away. A pardalote
(could have been Spotted or Striated) immediately flew up and joined the
bigger bird. The two flew together until they got to the other side and the
little bird peeled off and down into the trees.

This looked so intentional and in no way was the pardalote harrassing the
bigger bird, they just flew at what looked like about a metre apart. I am
guessing that the little bird was using the bigger bird as cover from any
raptor attacks.

Any similar observations or reports out there?

Colin Driscoll



 

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