Hi Colin and all,
One question: why would any self-respecting raptor bother trying to eat a
pardalote anyway??? Go for something juicier!
Craig Williams
>
> Hi all
>
> Last week while working in the upper Hunter Valley I observed the
> following:
>
> I was on a ridge and a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike flew from the top of a
> tree
> and headed off towards the opposite ridge about 750m away. A pardalote
> (could have been Spotted or Striated) immediately flew up and joined the
> bigger bird. The two flew together until they got to the other side and
> the
> little bird peeled off and down into the trees.
>
> This looked so intentional and in no way was the pardalote harrassing the
> bigger bird, they just flew at what looked like about a metre apart. I am
> guessing that the little bird was using the bigger bird as cover from any
> raptor attacks.
>
> Any similar observations or reports out there?
>
> Colin Driscoll
>
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