Call it Bill Oddie's Law. He can handle the fame.
Or maybe Rove's Law
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Simon Hayes
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[BIRDING-AUS] Scarlet Robin Behaviour
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19/06/03 23:19
I vote for "Russell's Law"
Cheers,
Merrrilyn
Russell Woodford wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Sorry if anyone has been trying to get in touch with me - I've been
> away at a school camp for a couple of days. It was a music camp but
> the kids kept calling it "Band Camp" followed by a grin and a knowing
> look ... you've got to have seen the movie (American Pie)!
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd pass on an interesting observation.
>
> I watched a male Scarlet Robin having a great time with its reflection
> today. I know this sort of behaviour is well documented for many
> species, but I can't remember seeing any of the Petroica robins doing
> it before - probably because I'm used to seeing them in the bush and
> not around a house. Anyway, this little fellow was spending a lot of
> time checking out the reflection in a large window, and tried
> attacking it for a few flurries every couple of minutes. The bird
> kept returning to the same branch and the same window for at least 20
> minutes - not sure what happened after that. There was a female
> around but she only came near the window once, and showed no interest
> in the "2nd" male.
>
> It was quite magical watching all this from the side (another window,
> less reflective at this time of day) and about 1 meter away.
>
> By the way, I'd been for a very brisk 45-minute walk just around dawn,
> hoping to see some of the local birdlife (just outside Daylesford,
> Vic) before our students got moving for the day. I didn't see much
> until I got back to the camp and looked out over the big backyard - I
> needn't have gone anywhere else! Surely there's a name for this "law"
> (other than Murphy's) where you try to find birds the hard way, and
> they're back at home waiting for you. I recall a few people
> telling of full-day bashes around in thick scrub looking for elusive
> species that turn up on the car bonnet at the end of the day. So
> who's law is this??? It's got to have a name....
>
>
>
>
> Russell Woodford
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