Maybe the Pee Wees (as I stubbornly continue to call them) are notching up
numbers of humans encountered, and developing their own hierarchy of
"sightings" by crossing off subjects with a bit of blood to avoid double
counts. Do birds "twitch" too? I hope so.
Over many years I've never observed them behaving in this way, even when
faced by nest detroying children, stone throwing, gun toting others etc.
Certainly I've noted agitated displays in response to reflections, but not
direct contact "against" humans.
Hope that the message is not being sent out to local councils across the
country that they are facing Magpie Lark (Pee Wee) liability issues: all
it will take for an ensuing panic is of course an attack on a child:
they'll send the army in!
Craig
> Hm ! I must keep an eye open for the Mag-larks in my backgarden.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:27 AM
> To: Peter Shute; Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Attacking Magpie-larks
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>
> Hi Peter
>
> The birds were either at outdoor eateries, railway stations where they
> picked up scraps, or outdoor areas at places like hospitals where people
> sat
> and had tea and scones while encouraging lung cancer. Some birds were
> very
> unpredictable. They would wander around picking up food scraps then
> suddenly swoop at the eyes of a seemingly random person. Some were
> selective with their victims - they would only target only women or
> specific
> people. I don't believe that they were trying to pester people into
> feeding
> them as there was often plenty of food still about.
>
> Roy Sonnenburg
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