Currawong preying on house sparrow

[Martin Butterfield <>]

There is hope.  Many (~30) years ago I saw a Pied Currawong walk across some lawn and kill a Common Starling.  As however there are still Mynas around I guess they haven't featured strongly on the 'wong menu.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 26 January 2017 at 09:54, Fleur r Leary <> wrote:

Today I witnessed a pied currawong preying on a house sparrow. I heard a commotion and then saw the currawong fly past my window and land on the fence with a flapping house sparrow in its beak.  The sparrow was not a nestling but fully fledged. With a couple of bashes on the fence the sparrow was dispatched and then the currawong flew off with it. Now if I can just train the currawong to take common mynas as well ……...
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