Anecdote from the past. Say about 50 years ago. O'Reilly's Guesthouse,
Lamington N. P. Fed the birds, for the entertainment of the guests. Regent
Bowerbirds very popular because of the colour.
Bernard O'Reilly (he of the Stinson crash fame) could hold out his hand with
food and have a male Regent sit on it to eat.
But Bernard did not approve of the numerous currawongs: large, greedy, and
bullying of other birds. Currawongs arrive and Bernard would go towards
them, waving his arms and shouting, "Go on, Currawongs. Get away!"
The Currawongs would depart. Meanwhile the Regents would just sit quietly
waiting. They knew Bernard wasn't shouting at them.
A fine act for the entertainment of O'Reilly's visitors. (And a further
example of the intelligence of birds.)
Cheers
Syd
> From: Carl Clifford <>
> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:36:54 +1000
> To: Peter Adderley <>
> Cc: Birding-Aus Aus <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Regent Bowerbird
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> The first Regent BB I saw was in the forest surrounding a vacant block
> on The Entrance Road, Erina Heights, a few years ago. It was a
> splendidly coloured male. The vacant block is still there, on the
> northern side of Entrance Rd., Just before Matcham Road.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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