Hi all
Over the past five days, during early mornings and around dusk,
we've been invaded by crowds of highly vocal Pied Currawongs. There are lots
of immature birds as well as adults. This morning, I watched a mature
currawong land on the carport roof. It carried a tiny stick (c.75mm long &
10mm thick) in its bill. It turned its head sideways and bashed the end of the
stick against the metal roof three or four times. It repeated the process
three times before abandoning the stick and flying away.
Would it have mistook the stick for a prey item? Or, perhaps, it was
being playful?
Bye
John Layton.
