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| Subject: | Re: Thornbill Gymnastics |
| From: | Anne & Roger Green <> |
| Date: | Wed, 08 Oct 1997 15:21:56 -0700 |
WM James Davis wrote: I am not sure what hanging
> upside-down would accomplish for most birds other than to reach food, etc.
> There is a possibility that some species hang upside-down while performing
> distraction displays,
> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, michael wrote:
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> > Barbara Salter wrote a short article ("An inverted pleasure") about
> > birds hanging upside-down in the Bird Observer (no. 323 October 1958). I
> > haven't got a copy but at least 5 species (including spinebill and
> > magpie) were mentioned and, from memory, she could offer no explanation.
> >
I know this is probably heresy - but could they be doing it for "fun"? I
can see no other reason for the various cockatoos to perform their noisy
gymnastics, in a domestic situation.
Anne
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