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Hi Frank,
Hey, you are supposed to be working, not observing birds out of the window!
To your story:
I can't make any comment about the Honeyeaters, but I had years ago
White-breasted Woodswollows diving on Bar-shouldered Doves, which were
feeding on the ground. I came to the conclusion, that they did it just for
fun or practise (teaching youngsters to attack friendly victims!?!). I
couldn't find any other reason for them to do so.
Anyway, these were my thoughts at the time.
Happy birding, Klaus
>On two occasions a Peaceful Dove landed on the ground outside my office.
>Within seconds a Grey-fronted Honeyeater chased the dove off very
>aggressively. The honeyeater came from 10 to 20 metres away. The
>Grey-fronted Honeyeaters have recently fledged one young, but the juvenile
>is self sufficient (I saw it feeding alone yesterday) although it is still
>making some begging calls as it forages.
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