Has anybody seen a Collared Sparrowhawk being chased or chasing 5 Pied Currawong?
I couldn’t decide if the sparrowhawk was the aggressor or if it was the currawongs. The main stage for the drama was a dead tree where four or five currawong were landed, and also the sparrowhawk. At one moment the sparrowhawk appeared
to be in fast pursuit of a currawong, then another moment another currawong would appear from up the hill and get after the sparrowhawk. The sparrowhawk didn’t seem to be at all bothered by the incident, and I saw it gliding above the earlier site of the
melee in relaxed fashion. The sparrowhawk later flew off up the hill and the Currawong dispersed. I wondered if the sparrowhawk was practising pursuit tactics. All of this lasted only a few minutes.
I counted 14 Pied Currawong along the northern boundary of Narrabundah Hill this morning. Very quiet and cold – 32 species in all.
Jean
