When I was in Aus filming on my very last day of my 6 month parrot filming
adventure in February of 2009 I still needed one more species to have filmed
all Aussie Parrots (except for Night Parrot.. grin) My last was in the Blue
Mountains - Glossy-black Cockatoo.
I was about to leave the Tablelands Road area near Wentworth where I had
been searching for 3 days when I heard some throaty cries coming from way
way up in the air. Barely recognizable because they were just specks in the
sky, there were at least 2 Glossies chasing a large raptor (too far away to
identify it). They seemed bent on harassing and kept repeatedly swooping at
it and giving chase. The raptor seemed unnerved at times and it appeared
like they ushered it out of the area. Fortunately for me once it left they
spiraled down and then presented themselves to be filmed!
Has anyone else witnessed parrots harassing raptors? I had no idea that
they did this and it seemed a bit suicidal to me at the time!
Cheers!
Don Kimball
http://polytelismedia.wordpress.com/
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