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An unusual (?) feeding incident

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Subject: An unusual (?) feeding incident
From: "John Layton" <>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:06:03 +1000
On Friday afternoon I was birding on the Murrumbigee River near the village of Oura, 16km east of Wagga. In an area of riverine woodland I saw a pair of Crested Shrike-tits alight on a nearby tree branch. Five seconds later, an immature (upon subsequent consulting of references, probably closer to the juvenile stage) Shrike-tit landed between the adults, wing-quivered and opened its bill in a typical begging display. But Ma and Pa ignored it and flew to a nearby tree leaving Junior begging and peeping piteously.
 
Three seconds later, a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike landed next to the young Shrike-tit, appeared to poke something into its bill and flew away. Junior Shrike-tit perched mutely for a moment before fluttering to the tree into which its neglectful parents had disappeared.
 
John K. Layton.
 
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