Hi All,
I've observed the same behaviour as mentioned by David. But this time with
Pacific Black Ducks and a single pair of Australian Ravens.
One Raven would swoop in and take a ducking and land not too far from the
duck, and just hold the ducking squeeling in its bill. The duck would then
charge the raven. The second raven of the pair would then attack from the
other side sending the duckings scattering in a panic and leaving the duck
toing and froing between the two ravens. The two ravens would then take off
with a chick each. This would be repeated until the clutch of duckings were
all gone, or the ducklings became too large for the ravens to take off with.
I only ever noticed this in ducklings that were less than a week old.
On the subject of ravens, on Monday afternoon I watched a pair and their
youngester getting stuck into a bottlebrush shrub. At first I thought they
were meerly picking off the flowers, but they would carry the flowers to a
perch and holding them in one foot, would probe their bills in the centre of
the flowers. I can only assume they were after the nectar? Has anyone else
observed nectar feeding in Australian Ravens before?
- Claire
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