Just back from a pleasant weekend around the Chilterns and Albury wetlands.
Whilst at the Cyanide Dam in the Chilterns {N.Victoria,} spotted a large,
fast-asleep Koala in the crook of a tree next to the dam. A number of birds
were landing on the Koala and generally fluttering around the snoozing
creature. Initially puzzled, my wife and I realised that the birds -
Brown-headed Honeyeaters - were pulling fur from the Koala, which only
re-acted when a bird yanked fur from it's ear, but then fell back asleep. I
read that some species line their nests with fur, but hadn't thought they
brazenly wrenched it from poor sleeping Koalas!!
Rob Leask
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