I saw two Magpies foraging in grass this morning in the Canberra
suburbs. One had nesting material in its beak, it approached the other
one and put it down beside it. The other one then picked up some other
nesting material and offered it to the first one, but the first bird
angrily rejected it and attacked the second bird. The second bird then
rolled on to its back and let the first bird peck at it for a few
seconds, then they both walked away and continued foraging (not for
nesting material).
What was most interesting about this was that the birds were not a
male/female pair, or an adult and an immature, as you might expect,
but two males.
What's going on here?
--
John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net
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