It is inequitous to call an entire species 'larrikins'. The
better-behaved currawongs are larrikins. The rest are ratbags.
Con
On 31/03/2012 11:38 AM, martin butterfield wrote:
Is it possible to define an entire species as 'larrikin"?
Martin
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Con Boekel <m("boekel.com.au","con");">>
wrote:
David
If I were to be anthropomorphic, I would be thinking that it
is the larrikin element.
The same sort of thing is happening around Turner.
Con
On 31/03/2012 9:59 AM, David Nicholls wrote:
Winter approaching as it is, the Currawongs are getting
restless. This morning (western end of Deakin) they are
particularly active and noisy. In my immediate area there
must be 50 or more, darting between trees, calling
continuously, chasing each other, flying about carrying bits
of twig or leaf, and chasing (and being chased by) CS
cockatoos (which are otherwise feeding on the Liquidamber
seeds).
Apparently pointless but presumably has some social or
ritual value? Is this behaviour explained?
DN
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