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Flying with protection

To: "Paul Taylor" <>, "Birding-Aus" <>
Subject: Flying with protection
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:28:43 +1100
Magpies regularly attack Australasian Pipits chasing them high into the sky. Although there would be some overlap in food preferences I would not have thought that a Pipit would pose too much competitive pressure on a Magpie.
Maybe they just have a nasty streak!!
Has anyone else observed this?


Greg Clancy




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