Noisy Miners and Bowerbird

["Philip Veerman" <>]

1.    they are agro anyway.

2.   Yes mainly probably that the BB was unfamiliar to them.

3    The SBB in its barred plumage is hawkish in appearance.

 

Philip

 

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Subject: [canberrabirds] Noisy Miners and Bowerbird

Noisy Miners in our yard were very
noisy all morning. The object of their interest was an immature Bowerbird, which
stayed for several hours despite their mobbing. Eventually it flew off with an
NM party in pursuit, like Airforce 1 and an escort of fighters.

Why are
NMs so angered by a Bowerbird (there were Currawongs around all morning too,
which I'd have thought were far more of a threat). Is it just that the BB was
unfamiliar to them?

John Leloanrd