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Bowerbird observation

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Subject: Bowerbird observation
From: Jean Casburn <>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:11:51 +0000

I was interested to watch a gorgeously green Bowerbird picking off the top end of a blade of fresh green weed and chewing with the front of its bill, then swallowing the small pieces. It consumed almost all of the young weed. Have others observed this behaviour with weeds?

Jean

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