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Birding clothing

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Subject: Birding clothing
From: "michael hunter" <>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:42:38 +1000
One of our members wore a red cap whenever ashore on our recent Torres
Strait trip.One one occassion a Red-headed Honeyeater buzzed him several
times and hovered over the cap. An example of a "superstimulus" in
ethological terms, the shades of red in cap and bird were similar.
                  Cheers
                       Michael
Michael Hunter
Mulgoa Valley
50km west of Sydney Harbour Bridge


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