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There have also been several articles and photos
about this in The Bird Observer over the years. It seems to be a
characteristic of honeyeaters to pull fur off living mammals. Do species of
other groups do this also? I believe I recall (about 30 years ago) Zebra Finches
in my aviary trying to extract feathers from Barbary Doves for this purpose. (I
sure hope I remember this correctly!)
Philip
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From:
Reg Clark <>
To:
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Date:
Thursday, 4 October 2001 12:51
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS]
Birds lining nests with ???
Hello all,
Further to
Rob, Doug , John and Vickys' accounts of the use of fur by
enterprising
birds for nest lining : when my children were small babies they
were
frequently placed in their prams outside in the front garden in the
shade
of a large Scribbly Gum , the resident Whiteeared Honeyeaters would
land
on the pram handle then hop into the pram onto the baby tugging
pieces
from the fluffy bunny rug covering the child. The kids appeared to
accept
this as all part of the fascinating experience of living .. The
other
instance of recycling concerned our chestnut -coloured dog a Border
Collie
with rather long hair , the Noisy Miners would attempt to remove
his hair
whilst he slept in the sun but he wasn't as forgiving as the
bunny rugs or
Vicky,s Wallaroo .
Best wishes
Reg
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