I don't know if it is trying to copulate, but I have several times seen
birds trying to pick with the beak at sick, injured and dead birds.
Besides, how do we know it is the same bird "mourning" at all the pictures?=
All barn-swallows look very much the same.
However, I think it is possible for a bird to "mourn" in some instinctive
way, but it has little to do with what humans do.
We just love being romantic about it.
But you write:
"And with that jaded comment probably making everyone wonder who it is they
are sharing the list with...."
Yes, I think you could be hung in the nearest tree, not by the members of
this group, but....
But what have you done, said, which seems to be so dangerous? Really?
I understand that what you have said is upsetting, but why? Really?
Can anyone make some philosophical revue on this "nature" topic?
Klas.
At 02:10 2004-04-28, you wrote:
>You know, I almost hate to say it given the idealistic views of these
>photos posted so far but it looks to me like rather than grieving, the liv=
e
>swallow is attempting copulation with the dead/injured bird. Perhaps a mor=
e
>informed ornithological authority could comment about this possibility.
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>And with that jaded comment probably making everyone wonder who it is they
>are sharing the list with, let me briefly introduce myself:
>
>I am a (very) rank amateur hobbyist nature recorder, most interested in
>birdsong. I participate in this mostly in my own backyard in the northern
>panhandle of Idaho. My equipment consists of a Telinga dish equipped with =
a
>Sony tie-tac microphone and a Sony mini-disk recorder. I've been a lurker
>on this list (digest mode) for quite a while and greatly enjoy the links t=
o
>recordings posted in message, and sometimes even understand and learn
>something from the technical discussions on the list.
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>Last, I'd like to thank the list for the obvious open and friendly
>atmosphere which is very welcoming to a newcomer.
>
>Tom Besser
>Moscow Idaho
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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