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| Subject: | firehawks |
| From: | John Leonard <> |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:43:17 +1000 |
A friend is reading 'I, the Aboriginal' by David Lockwood (1962) (hope I've
got the details right), and in it there is a passage which describes
'firehawks' (presumably Black Kites) picking up burning or smoldering
sticks, flying some distance and then dropping them into unburnt grass to
start another fire and scare rodents out. The area is the country around
Roper River.
Has this behaviour ever been documented, or is it just a 'tall story'? John Leonard Birding-Aus is on the Web at www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line) to |
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