I fed our Sparrows, Turtle Doves, Murray Magpies, Blackbirds, Magpies,
and Little Ravens this morning with some old Apple Crumble and Quiche.
They went bonkers over it. How's that for being naughty ?
Only one NH H/E juve left now, and that looks like leaving at any tick.
T.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Scot Mcphee
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:57 PM
To: inger vandyke; Birding Aus
Subject: A Scrub Turkey anecdote and odd (?) Scrub
Turkeybehaviour
>
> 1. As I was unpacking boxes, I sat on the back step watching Test
> do his thing while I ate an apple. He dropped everything and came
> tearing over to me so obviously the previous tenants have been
> feeding him. I gave him a tiny piece of apple (I know I shouldn't
> do this - sorry!) and he did something really strange. To eat it,
> he splayed his entire body out on the ground with his wings out and
> wattles resting while he ate. Is this normal?
I've seen this behaviour but not associated with feeding. I got the
impression the bird was just soaking up the sun, or maybe 'anting'.
As to the original post, A friend of mine had a turkey last year make
a mound in his front yard and he scraped every single leaf out of the
back yard and up the driveway to his mound, at least 20 or 30 metres I
guess.
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