Robins vs Cuckoos

To:	Martin Butterfield <>
Subject:	Robins vs Cuckoos
From:	Julienne Kamprad <>
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:30:34 +0000

The Horsfield Bronze Cuckoo I saw yesterday was being hassled by the White-plumed HE and various Thornbills

Julienne

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

I have just been to the top of our block and observed 2 Horsfields Bronze-Cuckoos hopping around on the ground and getting assailed by 3 Flame Robins. One of the Robins was just getting some embers, if not quite flames, the other two were basic brown birds.

According to HANZAB Flame Robins are a known host of the cuckoos and 12% of the hosts for the species were Petroica Robins. The Robins kept up the attack (or defence, depending on your perspective) for quite some distance across bare ground and I couldn't spot a potential nest site.

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

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