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| Subject: | Red Wattlebirds |
| From: | John Leonard <> |
| Date: | Thu, 04 Jan 2001 07:36:06 +1100 |
I've been watching Red Wattlebirds in the evenings taking off from the top
of tall trees almost vertically. They do five or six wingbeats upwards and
then swoop downwards again. They don't seem to be calling when they do
this. It's quite a striking sight to see first one, then the next, then the
next RWB perform this action.
Are they simply catching evening insects on the wing, or is this a territorial display? John Leonard John Leonard (Dr) PO Box 243 Woden, ACT 2606 http://www.spirit.net.au/~jleonard 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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