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Noisy Miner imitating Treecreeper

To: "Stephen Ambrose" <>
Subject: Noisy Miner imitating Treecreeper
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:10:15 +1000
Stephen,

What really surprised me, was seeing them climbing down the trunk, rather like a Nuthatch. The NMs seemed to compensate for their lack of the Nuthatch's specialised halluces, by using protruding bark flakes as steps. Fascinating to watch.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 19/09/2011, at 10:07 AM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:

I don't know the answer to your question Carl, but I've occasionally heard White-plumed Honeyeaters imitate the call of Brown Treecreepers in woodland on the NSW South-west Slopes. Similarly to your NM situation, the imitating WPHEs are usually gleaning insects from under bark either on the trunk or on
fallen timber (fallen tree limbs or logs). Very annoying when trying to
conduct transect surveys of Brown Treecreeper populations.

Stephen Ambrose
Ryde NSW



-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Monday, 19 September 2011 9:43 AM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: Noisy Miner imitating Treecreeper

Dear B-A,

I have just been watching a Noisy Miner doing a fair imitation of a
Treecreeper on the trunk of a Eucalypt in my back yard. It was
climbing up the trunk, happily gleaning insects from under bark that
was lifting from the trunk. It was also climbing down the trunk, by
grasping flakes of bark in its claws. I saw another NM using the same
technique a couple of days ago. Is this a common behaviour in NMs?

Cheers,

Carl Clifford
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