Red Wattlebird Behavior

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Red Wattlebird Behavior

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Subject:	Red Wattlebird Behavior
From:	"John Layton" <>
Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:17:11 +1100

Terry Bell wrote:

The RWB had actually seized hold of the koel' s tail feathers in its beak and in tandem they then cleared my backyard area.

I've sometimes noticed Red Wattlebirds doing likewise with their own kind and assumed it was courtship behavior.

John Layton

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