Was it always thus, or have currawongs become big bad bogey men since the urbanisation of their range?
Margaret Leggoe
From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Saturday, 15 September 2012 2:49 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Currawongs getting rid of Koel
That last year they even chased a Koel away is hardly surprising, they have a vested interest. Most host species want to remove their nest parasites.........
-----Original Message-----From: Geoff Duggan [m("bigpond.net.au","sr32204");">] Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012 4:14 PM To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");"> Subject: [canberrabirds] bks in hughes
I was not surprised to read that a BKS was seen in Hughes but then moved on. Hughes is becoming infested with Currawongs, getting rid of everything in site...last year they even chased a Koel away. I recently saw a woman who lives near me actually feeding balls of mince meat to them. When I asked her about this she said lots of people she knows feed Currawongs because “then they won’t take baby birds from the nests”!! I could not change her mind. So...I was wondering if there are any official publications, leaflets etc advising against this bad habit. Perhaps COG could arrange with Government for a letterbox drop to advise against it, or even a newspaper article. If people all over Canberra are feeding Currawongs then no wonder they re reaching plague proportions