An interesting observation from the garden yesterday. A
juvenile Crimson Rosella flew through quite low, squawking furiously, with two
Australian Hobbies in hot pursuit. They were out of sight in an instant so I
can’t be sure what ensued. I didn’t see the hobbies again but some
little while later, a tail-less juvenile Crimson Rosella landed and wobbled awkwardly
on the wires, as if it was unaccustomed to its lack of balance. I resorted
to HANZAB 2 to check whether hobbies normally hunt in pairs and whether Crimson
Rosella was a known prey item – the answers affirmative in both cases. b
