Chris and All,
Whilst recording the calls of a group of Little Friarbirds near Normanton in
Qld, two began brawling at the top of a tree, and they tumbled down out of
that tree to land almost at my feet, still squabbling and with their claws
and beaks still locked in battle for some moments, before they called it
quits and flew off.
"Chirrup-rr", near Ilford, a Rufous Whistler I wonder?? Or a Yellow-faced
Honeyeater?
Vicki Powys
Capertee Valley NSW
on 6/11/02 10:52 PM, Chris Ross at wrote:
> On the weekend at a site in the Central Tablelands(near Ilford) there
> was quite a bit of bird activity, even though it was very dry. Noisy
> Friarbirds were chasing each other constantly, then while walking
> through the gully area, we came across 2 of them on the ground and one
> of the friarbirds had the other's throat gripped in its bill. They
> allowed a very close approach, we basically stumbled across them. They
> continued wrestling and grappling each others' bills for several
> minutes, long enough to get out my telephoto lens/flash and set up a
> tripod and get a few shots. They eventually flew off to continue
> chasing each other. Has anyone come across anything like this before?
>
> There was quite a bit bird activity up there, including white throated
> gerygones, first time I have seen (or heard )them up there, also a bird
> calling fairly constantly from high in the canopy, call basically
> described as chirrup-rr. I feel I should know what it is, but couldn't
> spot it. The habitat is basically strinybark forest with a shrub
> understory, at 1000m altitude.
>
> regards,
>
> Chris Ross
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