[Birding-Aus] Black-faced cuckoo shrike

["Belinda Cassidy" <>]

Hi Graham,

We have seen the `alternate raising of each wing' behaviour in Black faced
cuckoo shrikes associated with feeding and begging for food (from adults or
humans) They are such unique birds. Friendly too.

Cheers,
Belinda





Hi

Last week (30 October) Shirley and I saw four black-faced cuckoo shrikes in
a tree near our home in Alice Springs.  The birds were excited, making
plenty of noise and moving about.  They all appeared to be engaged in some
kind of display behaviour which involved extending their necks and making a
moderately harsh cawing noise.  The striking feature of the behaviour that
all four birds showed was the flapping of alternate wings about four times
each, which we saw repeated a number of times. Each wing was flapped up and
down on its own, first the right, then the left, about four times for each
wing.

I would be interested to hear if others have seen such behaviour and if
anyone has any interpretation.

Regards

Graham Goodman
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