Yes the bird has only fledged recently. I think within a month or 2??
Sounds like a good explanation to me.
Cheers Dave
On 16/11/05 12:07 PM, "Russell Woodford" <>
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> Hi David and Birding Aus Folk,
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> My guess is given it was a young bird it was indeed trying to grab
> prey or something moving (perhaps the stick itself?) and snapped the
> stick off in the process. After this it was probably then just
> ?playing¹ (practising) handling something in it¹s talons and bringing
> it to the bill to bite (as falcons do to kill prey). It is not
> uncommon for many birds (any animal for that matter, including my
> daughter!) to manipulate what could be seen as inappropriate objects
> in this way. Most people think that this is practising for the real
> thing rather than misdirected/maladaptive behaviour. I am assuming
> though that by young bird you mean recently fledged cf. a bird that
> is 1-2 years old.
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> Happy birding,
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> Paul
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