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Honeyeater alarm calls

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Subject: Honeyeater alarm calls
From: "Paul and Irene Osborn" <>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:10:23 -0600
Alastair,

I think they operate on the 'better safe than sorry principle'. I have a
rooster that gives an alarm call when anything larger than a Willie Wagtail
flies past. This includes Bar-shouldered Doves, White-faced Herons and
Little Pied Cormorants, all birds offering no threat at all.
Paul Osborn




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