Not with Platypuses and cormorants, but in Britain it is quite common to see
dabbling ducks (Mallard, Shoveller) opportunistically following diving ducks
(Tufted Duck, Pochard) around and feeding on whatever the diving ducks'
activities bring to the surface.
John Leonard
On 6/28/06, Vikki Gibson <> wrote:
Hi birders
On a similar note, readers may be interested to hear about a
bird/platypus interaction we saw while visiting Eungella National Park
in 2004. (One thing we noticed about the local platypus was they weren't
shy like others we've encountered; perhaps because the drought dried up
much of the waterway and forced them to be less secretive.) Anyway, we
were watching a platypus happily bobbing around on the surface and
diving for food, with its every move closely followed - literally - by a
little black cormorant, who dived down, followed the platypus around
under the water, and popped back up on the surface beside the platypus.
We managed to get the little opportunist on video, and I reckon it
deserves to win Funniest Home Videos! Has anyone else observed this
kind of behaviour before?
Cheers
Vikki
>>> "Dave Torr" <> 28/06/2006 12:20:54 pm >>>
http://www.platypus.asn.au/ is the place to go for reporting sightings
On 28/06/06, Paul & Irene Osborn <> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Two months ago we moved from Cooranbong to a small property on the
Myall
> River near Bulahdelah (NSW). This morning, while clearing some
Lantana
> from
> the rainforest strip near the river, I saw some ripples in the water
which
> closer examination showed to be caused by a Platypus. Is there any
NSW
> site
> that accepts records of things like this?
>
> In an attempt to restore some semblance of being on-topic, I can
report
> that, on the way back to the house to tell my wife about the
Platypus, I
> found a dead Owlet-Nightjar lying on the ground in the open paddock.
>
> Cheers
> Paul Osborn
>
>
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