Hello all,
I've noticed some interesting Forest Raven behaviour in the last week.
The first was at home at Ranelagh (30km South of Hobart, TAS). There
were a pair of ravens taking turns "attacking" the rear end of a newly
born calf. At least this was what it looked like. They must have been
hitting fairly hard as the calf was reacting every time contact was
made. They did it while it was standing and then when it was lying down
also. Unfortunately I was too slow to get photos of it- the ravens had
flew before I was ready to photograph. I wonder whether they might have
been after remnants of afterbirth on the calf??
The second piece of behaviour was of a raven dunking what turned out to
be a piece of bread into water before eating it. This was at the University.
Interesting birds.
Cheers
Mick Todd
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Michael Todd
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PhD Candidate- Tasmanian Masked Owl
School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 05, Hobart, Tasmania 7001
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