Andrew Plimer wrote:
Hi All,
I just returned from Gluepot with a few good sightings (Pied
Honeyeater, Black-eared Cuckoo, Splendid Fairy Wren in breeding plumage).
One example of bird behaviour I witnessed which I found very
interesting was an adult Pallid Cuckoo feeding a squawking juvenile
Pallid Cuckoo. The juvenile was not in a nest and was flying to the
adult on command when it had caught its latest feed.
As they are parasitic, I found this behaviour very interesting. Has
anyone else witnessed similar?
Cheers,
Andrew.
Several years ago we saw a very streaked and spotted Pallid Cuckoo being
fed caterpillars by an adult bird. This was in northern Victoria, on
the way to Hattah.NP.
Correspondence in the 'Bird Observer' as I recall was not very
conclusive - one party claiming that it could be male feeding female in
courtship, (but do female Pallids resemble immature in pattern?), and
others that adults do in fact feed adolescent young. I incline to the
latter interpretation.
Anthea Fleming
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