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From: Geoff (BT) [
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:35 AM
To: ; Birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Re: [canberrabirds] Starlings
imitating Woodswallows
Hi Aus/COG
Starlings are regular hawkers if you mean they cruise at a height
trying to
catch insects, then this is common practice in their indigenous range,
especially on warm summer evenings. So, it wasn't entirely invented by
those
imported Aussie Starlings. I'm sure their forebears knew well this
technique.
Looking forward to my next visit to Australia (no doubt after we have
just
lost the Ashes, but I won't hold that against you, after all it is your
turn),
Best wishes
Geoff Bowen
Norwich UK
