In 1981 the Warden of the Eyre Bird Observatory, the late Peter Congreve,
was having an afternoon nap in a hammock on the verandah. He had taken off
his shirt and was well-endowed with chest hair. A Willie Wagtail landed on
his chest and tugged at his chest hairs, much to the amusement of onlookers.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
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From:
On Behalf Of Alan
Gillanders
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 9:46 AM
To: birding-aus threads
Subject: Honeyeater-Koala interaction
Some years ago my wife and I had Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters on the Blackdown
Tablelands try to take hair from our heads and in my case from my beard
also. I think there were two birds involved and that it occurred in the same
area on the outward and return walks.
About six years ago at nearly 1 000 metres on the southern Atherton
Tablelands I was relieving myself at the edge of a rarely used track when a
Mountain Thornbill detached itself from a mixed feeding flock and attempted
to glean in my beard. I was highly amused and only a little hurt by the
insult to my personal hygiene.
Alan
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