Noisy Miners attack Red Wattlebird

[brian fleming <>]

On the Main Yarra Trail beside the Banyule oval, very close to the 
Banyule Billabong, we were watching Noisy Miners in a flowering 
Ironbark. A group were on the ground on the far side of the fence 
apparently fighting  - then we saw they had a Red Wattlebird flat on its 
back, under savage attack.  Four or five Miners were standing on it and 
pecking at its throat, head and breast - we were surprised to see the 
Wattlebird break loose and fly away apparently intact.
Seen by a group participating in Banyule Council's 'Breakfast with the 
Birds' walks at about 8.00 a.m.
Walkers in the area should note that today there is a football-sized 
Honeybee swarm on an eastern branch of the large Eucalypt on the 
billabong bank, near the stile.
Anthea Fleming
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