I can't imagine a Crested Pigeon "hurling abuse" at anything, let alone a
monitor. It doesn't strike me as a mobbing species.
Has anyone else seen this?
We have them here, but not monitors. They certainly don't join in the mobbing
of raptors, but that would be a much more dangerous activity for a pigeon.
Peter Shute
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Ralph Reid <>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Several years ago I was on a property west of Wagga Wagga and my attention
> was drawn to two magpies screaming in a small eucalypt. A closer view
> revealed a lace monitor about 3 metres up the tree (I don't know if the
> magpies had a nest there, the foliage was sparse but I could not see one).
>
> What suprised me, though, was that the magpie's alarm calls quickly drew 5
> birds of 3 different species (white-browed babbler, magpie lark, crested
> pigeon) who all joined in hurling abuse at the monitor.
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