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Gooday birding-aussers,
The Aus $ is high Coal Companies do not want to produce or
load coal at a loss, so no trains running on the NCA Project.
Scored some time off and have been catching up with work in
the yard. For most of the day I have been hearing and observing a juvenile Pied
Butcherbird giving a "queet" begging call (similar to a Blue-faced
Honeyeater call) to an adult bird while it awaits another morsel of food.
I first noticed the young Pied Butcherbird giving the "queet"
call on the front power pole while it awaited the adult to secure some food from
an insulator on the cross member. Then on a couple of occasions around the back
yard I heard the similar call and adults continual pursuit of more
food.
Years ago we cared for a young Blue-faced Honeyeater and was
surprised to learn of the group caring instinct of this species. We usually had
the bird uncaged and would place it in various locations around the yard.
Within the space of one day we were being visited by a group of Blue-faced
Honeyeaters feeding the young bird and displaying no aggression towards the
intruder. We allowed this to continue until the bird was strong enough and
eventually released in the yard to join its mates.
I was just wondering if anyone has ever observed a feeding
relationship between these two species, as the Pied Butcherbirds "queet" call
was very similar to that of the BFHE?
Jon Wren
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