And do what if you see some? Leave?
And what motivates the attacks? Are they just being territorial, or do they
actually intend eating you?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Denise Goodfellow
> Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 11:38 AM
> To: Greg Roberts; Birding Aus
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] dogs at alice springs
>
> feral dogs are a problem around Darwin and Palmerston too.
>
> Birders in mangroves or wetlands or near beaches should keep
> an eye out for
> footprints.
> Denise
>
>
> on 24/1/11 10:02 AM, Greg Roberts at wrote:
>
> > That's interesting Chris. When I lived in Alice Springs in
> the late-1970s,
> > feral dogs were a continual problem in the poo ponds area.
> I had a few
> > narrow escapes from very vicious animals. It appears the problem is
> > long-standing, though I wasn't aware of them killing birds
> at that time.
> >
> > Greg Roberts
> >
> >
> >
> > "Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:18:04 +0930
> >
> > From: Chris Watson <>
> >
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Dead swans at Alice Springs poo ponds - the
> >
> > feral dog problems continue.
> >
> > To:
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> > G'day All,
> >
> > Having narrowly avoided being attacked by a pack of four
> wild dogs recently
> > when I turned up a little bit too early in the morning to
> look for the
> > Australian Painted Snipe at Alice Poo Ponds, I can't say
> I'm all that
> > surprised.
> >
> > It looks like we are starting to loose some of our resident
> swans to feral
> > dogs which live next door around the Ilparpa Swamp.
> >
> >
> >
> <http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/01/dead-swans-at-al
> ice-springs-se
> > wage.html>
> >
> http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/01/dead-swans-at-ali
> ce-springs-sew
> > age.html
> >
> > Chris Watson
> >
> > Alice Springs:"
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