It's like a behaviour I've seen in another species. We stayed at the
crater lake at Eacham near Atherton last year,
where the host and guests at the accommodation regularly put food on
the rainforest-enclosed balcony.
Lewin's Honeyeaters, Spotted Catbirds, Victoria's Riflebirds and a
pair of Black Butcherbirds visited on occasions.
One morning one of the butcherbirds ate, then flew off and returned
with a rather ragged item.
It placed it near me and left.
It took a moment or two to realise it was the tail of the Leaf-tailed Gecko.
Rather gory photos here.
https://picasaweb.google.com/bronkin/2Oct2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCImvyrTAiNSFZA#
Bronwyn King
and At 12:18 PM 30/09/2013, Ray Comer wrote:
A close friend has told us a very interesting story of magpies
coming to his second floor balcony in Turner where he has been
feeding them. It started off with just the one but then, over time
it has become a family outing.
Last week one of the magpies arrived with a cricket in its mouth,
trying to warble at the same time. The bird then deposited the
cricket at his feet, warbled again, then left. This was repeated the next day.
I know there will be mixed views about feeding magpies in this way
but I did wonder if others have any similar stories to pass on, or
could suggest what the magpie is doing, 'feeding' or 'thanking' perhaps?
Ray Comer
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