Re: FW: [canberrabirds] White-browed Woodswallows - dy defensive pose

[Bron King <>]

I apologise.  When I checked after I read your observation Geoffrey,
I realised that the photo to which I linked 
was of Dusky Woodswallows, seen at L. Ginninderra. 
(We'd been watching White-broweds at Boorowa a day or two earlier and I
mislabeled the photo). 


Bron


> Yes  -  I have seen
> that freezing behaviour, head raised stiffly, sufficiently often with
> White-broweds to think it is typical early fledging (not necessarily
> premature fledging) behaviour in response to a possible predator. 
> It does not seem to happen with Duskies, for example the below premature
> fledger (discussed earlier) at Stony Creek which remained active and was
> eventually called back to the nest site by the parents.  One assumes
> that the alarm calls by the parents prompt freezing (up to a point) in
> the White-browed, otherwise with Duskies
>  



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