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Short-tailed Shearwater wreck in Port Melbourne

To: Debbie Lustig <>
Subject: Short-tailed Shearwater wreck in Port Melbourne
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:38:54 +1100
Debbie,

Grieving like behaviour has been recorded in quite a few bird species, 
especially in Corvids.

Carl Clifford

> On 11 Nov 2013, at 10:57, Debbie Lustig <> wrote:
> 
> I made a comment in my recent post about injured or sick birds. I said people 
> shouldn't be put off attempting to help them. I want to clarify that I was 
> referring to birds other than shearwaters. 
> The decision to try and help injured wildlife is fraught, and qualified help 
> should be sought whenever possible. Wildlife Victoria is a good start: 13 000 
> 94535 or call the RACV, who refer callers on. There are plenty of local 
> rescue organisations which can be googled or refer to the front of the White 
> Pages. 
> This morning at St Kilda, between West Beach and the Langridge Street rock 
> groyne, I counted 41 dead STSW. As well, a Little Pied Cormorant and a young 
> silver gull lay dead - vicims of the rough weather...? 
> I've never seen what people characterise as grief in birds, where a bereaved 
> bird will hang around its dead mate for some time. But today, I saw something 
> that made me think. I approached the young, dead gull to have a closer look 
> and a huge ruckus of gulls circled overhead, screeching and swooping. It 
> seemed as if they were trying to protect it, dead or alive. To warn me off? 
> When I walked away, the birds went back to their roosts.                      
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