James,
Henry G Lamond also wrote "Tooth & Talon" which is a collection of
short animal behaviour stories which included one on the wedgetail
eagle as I remember. It was inspiring stuff for me as a 6 year-old.
Chris Charles
On 15/08/2006, at 9:26 PM, James Lambert wrote:
Hello fellow birders - I am curious if anyone can add anything
enlightening to this snippet of crow behaviour that I garnered from
an odd little birdwatching tome that I recently read.
The following text comes from a book entitled "An Aviary On The
Plains" by one Henry G. Lamond written in 1934 (chap. xiii., page
69). It concerns crow behaviour that seems extraordinary to me and
I was wondering if anyone was familiar with (a) the behaviour
(obviously shooting crows is not the usual pasttime of your average
birder!!) and (b) the term "king crow".
Henry G. Lamond was a well-respected wildlife author of the
30s-50s. Generally the book "An Aviary On The Plains" is pretty
accurate in terms of bird behaviour, habitat, nesting,
interactions, etc. The "Plains" area is the table-land of north
central Australia, and the crow in question is the Torresian crow
(Corvus orru).
So, it is all stuff and nonsense, or is there something to this?
Anyone?
James
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