Even David Rees would suck in his breath at these
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49187301/audubon-photography-awards-is-this-the-perfect-wildlife-picture
On a personal experience, I have considered myself lucky that I rarely see or hear Noisy Miners in my GBS precinct. But yesterday I heard the characteristic cacophony of mobbing NMs. I located them in a eucalypt behind my house. There
were about six NMs chasing something. A couple of Pied Currawongs flew in for the spectacle. It turned out that the hapless target was a Satin Bowerbird (green). It flew off after some close attention but had at lest one NM on its tail until I lost sight
of it. This SBB has been around a neighbour’s garden for some days, even sometimes churring in the thickets like a male with a bower.
I thought it was strange that a SBB would cause such a response from NMs. But who am I to judge … ?
David Rosalky
