Off topic - Ainslie fox

[Shawn Capararo <>]

I saw a pair of magpies reacting in a similar way towards a fox at Illoura horse paddocks (Lyons) the other day.

Foxes tend to be better climbers than dogs and are probably seen as more of a threat.

Shawn

On 20 Jul 2016, at 3:32 pm, David Rosalky <> wrote:

Yesterday, a Red Fox was wandering around ANU campus near the European Studies Centre on Liversidge St.  What interested me was that the local birds all reacted strongly.  Magpies and Currawongs swooped the fox and Noisy Miners set up their cacophonous chorus.

 

What makes birds react to foxes in a very different way from dogs, I wonder?  How come they don’t see a fox as just another dog with a long tail?

 

David Rosalky

 

From: Robin Hide
Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2016 3:18 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Off topic - Ainslie fox

 

The suburban movement of foxes continues apace- this one strolled around our garden in Ainslie at noon today.

Robin Hide

 

 

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