Talking of strange, possible mating behaviour in birds... I was watching a
flock of Little Corellas at the University of Queensland St Lucia campus the
other week, and in a flock of maybe 50 birds there were many pairs involved
in a strange game. One would start biting the other on the face and neck.
The one being bitten would then roll over onto its back (a very vulnerable
position for a bird), while the other one kept biting it (definitely biting,
there was no preening). It didn't look vicious, the birds were noisy but
not obviously fighting or in pain. Is this a mating ritual? Playing?
Whatever it was it was strange and fairly comical.
Regards,
Chris
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:18 AM, <> wrote:
> I've seen similar behaviour to that being discussed with White-winged
> Choughs. I assumed it was some type of mating display when i saw it.
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> Here's a photos i got of the display that might help people visualise
> whast being discussed here:
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> http://www.peterfuller.com.au/week/11062007.html
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> Peter
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> I was outside of my house the other day when I noticed a T. Crow at
> the back of a property across the street with its wings spread. That
> was not something I could recall seeing before, so I popped inside to
> collect my binoculars.
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> I initially thought the bird was caught on something and hanging down,
> but it moved and I was able to see that it had both its wing and tail
> feathers fully spread - the effect reminded me a bit of the posture
> assumed by riflebirds. It held that attitude for a few minutes before
> being approached by another crow and they both dropped out of sight.
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> Is that wing & tail spread position typical of corvid mating display
> behaviour?
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> Regards, Laurie.
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