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Chasing yes but that is a lot less than attempted predation.
Aggression towards a vulnerable other bird can exist without a intent of eating
it, although harming it is certainly a possibility.
Philip
This morning about 10am my attention was drawn to
excessive squabbling noise coming from one of my Striated Pardalote nest boxes.
One pardalote was on the outside looking in.
After a while it left but the noise kept coming
from the nest box and another one appeared at the entrance struggling trying to
get out. I thought it was being held by another one on the inside but after a
while It managed to get out but was suspended by the legs with what
appeared to be string. While it was struggling and squawking a Red
Wattlebird swooped down and hovered in front of it.
Fearing that the RW may hurt the pardalote I went
to shoo it away but while I was getting out from behind the table I took my
eye off them for a couple of seconds and when I looked back the RW and
pardalote were gone and all was quiet except for a Pied Currawong that
called once in the front yard. When I got to the front yard all was quiet
there too.
Has anyone heard or read of a Red Wattlebird
predating on small birds?
Peter Ormay
Aranda
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