canberrabirds

gang gangs

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Subject: gang gangs
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 18:26:34 +1000
I’ve wondered (without any evidence) whether they might have been regarded as a sacred species by aboriginal tribes. They would have to have been sitting ducks to clubs or thrown weapons otherwise. Perhaps the flesh tastes crook, particularly after eating saw-fly larvae.
Bruce.
 
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] gang gangs
 
I think Gang-Gangs are tame because they're not afraid. They haven't experienced humans being dangerous to them and so they aren't particularly bothered. I wouldn't rate anyone's chances of catching one, though, I reckon they'd move pretty quickly if you got any closer, and if you wanted to catch them I think thick gauntlets would be in order, I heard them described as having 'beaks like boltcutters'; I think they would bite you to the bone.

On the theme of Cockatoos I saw some SC Cockatoos feeding on a verge and little on to the road (on acorns), as I passed on my bike a car deliberately swerved at them and honked, so even those that were in the gutter had to fly (it was also a little too near me for my liking, I was about to pull out and cycle around the SCCs).

I stopped and apologised on behalf of humanity to the cockies.

John Leonard

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> Gang gangs are still coming to our feeder and liquidambar.  Galahs hassled them this morning and drove them from the feeder;but they came back,  Adult male feeding young male.
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> Wy are gang gangs naturally tame? ie not tamed by being fed by humans, or being more used to humans. You can go to within a metre of them and they just look at you.  So they can easily be caught.
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> Sadly, I don't expect that these birds will stay around here till June 5th, for the survey,between 11am and noon
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> Where else are gang gangs staying around?
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> What time did you bring your friends around on Tuesday, Geoffrey?  The gang gangs were around for most of the day.  You must have had a very small window of time.
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> The gang gang must stay on the ACT logo.
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> Elizabeth
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