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There are often thornbills (of several species)
passing though the hakea etc outside my first floor office window. A short while
ago a flock of fairy wrens with some thornbills and others passed by (I seldom
see the females and non-breeding male FWs at this level, but often see the
well-coloured male).
After the flock (about a dozen in total) had gone a
Striated Thornbill (could have been a Brown) stayed and aggressively fronted its
reflection (or so it appeared) from a fine branch about 600m from the window. It
flattened its body (head to tail) and spread its wings down and back, and glared
at its refection (or where its reflection would have been). It then flew at the
window (centre of pane, not edges where insects might be in spider webs - did
not make contact) and returned to another branch and repeated the
procedure - four times from different branches before it flew
off.
cheers
Barbara
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Barbara Preston
Research
ABN 18 142 854 599
21 Boobialla Street
O'Connor
ACT 2602
Phone: 61 2 6247 8919
Fax: 61 2 6247 8779
Mobile: 0439
47 8919
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