Spangled Drongo

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Subject:	Spangled Drongo
From:	Mangrove Man Tours <>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:59:03 +1000

Chris,

I have seed SD in a tree tearing into a White-Rumped Swiftlet. Only seen the
once, but hope to see it again one day when I have a camera with me.

The sighting was on the Daintree River, Far North Qld.


Peter Cooper
Mangrove Man Tours
0740 982 066
0409 982 066



>   I spotted a SD just south of Wollongong, NSW, about 150 Km S of
> Sydney,  today and was surprised to see it had a Tassy Silvereye in it's
> claws and was proceeding to pluck, tear of strips off and eat it.  My
> friend said he had seen one take an escaped canary nearby one day so
> these appear to be quite a predatory species.
> Cheers  Chris.


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