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Chough threat display

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Subject: Chough threat display
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Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:56:48 +0000
I haven't seen this before despite seeing Choughs almost every day in our part of suburban Canberra...

A small party of Choughs flew into a low tree and were immediately ambushed by Noisy Miners, Magpies and Currawongs. They were heavily outnumbered and quite stressed. Suddenly three of them lined up on a branch and fluffed their body feathers up, raising their wings to display their white wing patches. I happened to be in line of sight and it was an impressive transformation. The bird mobbing them were momentarily confused and the Choughs made their escape.

John Leonard
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