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Returning
at noon today to Toms
Crescent
in Ainslie I saw/heard a commotion on the nature strip where 4-5
youngish
magpies were pecking at the head of a bird on its back on the ground.
They
moved away when I approached to investigate - I found an immature King
Parrot complaining
vigorously with an open wound on its crest. Returning a minute later
with a
towel to wrap it in, the magpies were back on the attack. I retrieved
the parrot,
wrapped it firmly and drove it to Wildlife RSPCA at Woden where nothing
seemed to be broken (though one wing was stiff - perhaps the bird had
flown into a moving car and was
set on by the magpies while stunned?). Left it to
their tender care.
Later this
afternoon, walking up Chisholm
St
toward Mt Ainslie, I watched from about two metres some 8-10 shrieking
and aggressive Noisy Miners besetting a Red
Wattlebird in a
small leafless street tree. Eventually they seemed to tire and moved
on, letting the WB withdraw,
apparently with only fluffed feathers and a loss of dignity.
Robin Hide
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