Indolent young wattlebirds

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Subject:	Indolent young wattlebirds
From:	"martin butterfield" <>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:43:27 +1100

I have just been watching the little scrounging Red Wattlebird demanding food from an adult. The adult duly appeared with an ex-Orchard Butterfly which it passed to junior. Junior appeared to have trouble organising this snack for ingestion and dropped it. After a spectacular power dive by the adult the prey was re-gathered taken back to the juvenile. This process was repeated three more times before the adult got fed up and flew away. Perhaps I should withdraw the proposal for IY and replace it with a suggestion for SRY (Spoiled Rotten Young)?

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