These fruits are quite large and have a stone. I think ks don’t
necessarily swallow them, but peel them and squeeze them for the juice. That
process causes the bill-staining. In this incident I think the male
had part-‘eaten’ the fruit which was passed to the female which ‘ate’
it a bit more before losing interest. Sex-motivated food ‘sharing’,
perhaps.
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Friday, 31 December 2010 11:31 AM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Suburban short story (3)
If Koels have a vote on the
matter your plums must have a pretty ordinary taste!
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
For
present purposes, the story ends when the female drops the fruit
