Steve asked me to post this so he could tap the collective wisdom of baus.
"I was down in the beautiful southern highlands for a mountain biking event
on the weekend. We were staying a mates place in Bowral, a rustic cabin on
a property. I usually try to "switch off" from bird watching if I'm
mountain biking (can be a dangerous combination), but I couldn't help but
notice the two freshly dead Wonga Pigeons that had been placed at the
doorstep of the cabin we were staying in. I didn't have time to fully
examine them, but they were less than a meter apart, in good condition, with
no tearing that I could see. While the cabin did have some small windows,
they were all covered with flyscreen and I thought it was an unlikely spot
to have two birds crash into a window at the same time. The only thing I
can think of is a fox or a cat. Foxes are in the area, and have effectively
cleaned out the chicken coup over the last 12 months. But why would they
have killed these birds and left them on the doorstep uneaten? Any
suggestions on who the culprit might be?
PS. My non-birding mate suggested that the Wonga Pigeons were in the Wonga
place at the Wonga time. Highly amusing but not the answer I was looking
for."
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
|
