Hi, two thoughts come immediately to mind:
1) How authenticated are the reports of Magpies causing problems in the east
of Oz. Non informed reports could be confusing Magpies with Pied Currawongs
which of course do have a bad reputation for predation on smaller bird
species. A non birder could easily make this error.
2) Here's my lack of knowledge showing up - what sort of Magpies do they
have in NZ ? Are they a Gymnorhina species or those imported Pommie things
which also have a rep for predation and might behave quite differently?
Tony.
> ----- Forwarded by David Geering/WESTERN/NPWS on 06/02/2002 08:02 -----
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> Are magpies getting a bad wrap?
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> As a prelude to the research that will be done at the University, we are
> hoping to tap into the huge amount of information from the public by
> collating any observations of magpies attacking other birds throughout
> Australia and New Zealand. If you have seen a magpie interacting with
> other
> birds (or know others who have), even if it happened years ago, then we
> would be most grateful if you could let us know about it. Please include
> as
> much information as possible, such as, where and when it occurred (year,
> month or season, time of day), which species were involved, and what
> happened (e.g., chasing, driving away, killing, eating chicks or eggs,
> stealing eggs). >
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