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purple swamp hens

To: 'Elizabeth Compston' <>, "'Birds Canberra'" <>
Subject: purple swamp hens
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:01:02 +0000
They are aggressive creatures and often fight. As to why......

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Compston 
Sent: Friday, 31 March, 2017 10:17 AM
To: Birds Canberra
Subject: purple swamp hens

Yesterday, from Bittern Hide we saw an aggressive swamp hen chasing another
swamp hen, then pushing it under water and trying to hold it's head under
water as it pecked it's head.  The bird escaped but the chasing continued
with more swamp hens joining in.  Unfortunately we were not able to stay
long enough to really sort things out; but there was no doubt about the
aggressive behaviour. Why such behaviour?

Elizabeth C
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