Hmmm, the friarbird fracas sounds like a lawn bowls convention when compared to
a common mynah tete-a-tete. I wonder if it was something someone chirped ...
LK
Chris Ross 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?
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