A form of courtship?

To:	Robin Eckermann <>
Subject:	A form of courtship?
From:	martin butterfield <>
Date:	Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:29:26 +1000

According to HANZAB courtship feeding is relatively common - but I'd guess not often photographed!

Martin

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Robin Eckermann <> wrote:

The Kookaburra at the front is giving this freshly caught mouse to the (larger) bird at the back - my guess a partner rather than an offspring? Is this a form of courtship behaviour? Not something my wife would particularly warm to, but each to their own.

Lower SE slopes of Mt. Ainslie today (Sunday 11th September). There was a distracting branch in the lower RHS foreground - have tried to alleviate the distraction with a bit of vignetting.

Regards ... Robin Eckermann

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