Currawong attack

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Subject:	Currawong attack
From:	"Terry Pacey" <>
Date:	Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:30:29 +1000

It was really disturbing, early this morning, to see a Pied Currawong
tearing a Crested Pigeon to pieces on the neighbours clothes line.

The major disappointment was that it was a Crested Pigeon and not a Spotted
Turtle-dove (or a Myna, Sparrow, Starling).

The other thing was the waste.  The Currawong seemed to be doing it for fun
not for food.  It simply plucked part of the bird, ripped at it and then
dropped it on the ground and flew off.  It was NOT disturbed by myself or
any other person.  No other birds attacked or chased it either.

Terry Pacey
Gold Coast

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