RE: Would swallow?

[Stuart Harris <>]

Can anyone here give an explanation of the behaviour by a Dusky Woodswallow adult and its chicks, observed today during a COG outing?

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The adult bird, after offering a feed to the chicks, plucked an excreted bolus from the anus of a presenting chick and then flew away with it in its bill?
Unfortunately I did not see where the adult bird went with the item?

Thanks to Jack Holland who organised a very pleasant outing to Kelly Road south of Williamsdale.

Regards
Stuart Harris






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> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:57:06 +1100
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> Subject: [canberrabirds] Rowes Lagoon: Glossy Ibis and Pacific Heron
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> This afternoon around 3.30 Mary Gorman and I saw 13+ Glossy Ibis and
> 4 Pacific Heron on the carpark side of Rowes Lagoon.
>
> Rick
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