Hi all,
I've often wondered why some Lapwings or Magpies are worse than others when
it comes to swooping? Or why some birds target particular individuals?
Perhaps they have memories of being tormented by people when young, or by a
particular person fitting a specific description (like Shirley's golfer, or
Greg's kids next door). Pure speculation of course, but perhaps there's
something there?
Regards,
Chris
On 9/2/07, Gregory Little <> wrote:
>
> Gooday birders
>
> Funny about that. We had a pair of Magpies nesting near us once that
> attacked only the old bloke next door. Anyone including all the kids in
> the neighbourhood could walk anywhere about and the birds did not care
> but the old fellow had only to stand at his front door and the maggies
> would come from nowhere and hammer him.
>
> Greg Little
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Shirley Cook
> Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2007 5:20 PM
> To: Messages Birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Masked Lapwings swooping
>
> Dear all,
>
> The perversity of Lapwings to nest in very public areas is amazing.
> There
> was a pair that regularly nested on the golf course in Armidale (not
> sure if
> they are still doing so). And they swooped, but seemed to target one
> golfer
> in particular who would end up in an absolute fury, flinging clubs at
> the
> birds. Of course, onlookers thought this quite funny, because the
> golfer in
> question although on a very low handicap, was quite often very grumpy,
> to
> say the least.
>
> Shirley
>
> Shirley Cook
> Secretary/Treasurer
> Birds Australia - Northern NSW Group
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