Gouldian Finch and Peaceful Dove preening

[Carol Probets <>]

Hi Denise and all,

Last November at Glen Davis (Capertee Valley, NSW) I saw two babblers 
preening each other. Not unusual, except that this was a White-browed 
and a Grey-crowned. Both seemed to have lost their respective family 
groups at the time. (Or perhaps they had eloped together...) I have a 
fuzzy photo of the two birds together if anyone is interested.
Cheers,

Carol




At 2:01 PM +0930 15/8/12, Denise Goodfellow wrote:
> While guiding recently I spotted a group of birds in a tree - Masked,
> Long-tailed and Gouldian finches, and Peaceful Doves.  A Peaceful Dove and
> male Gouldian were sitting very close together, preening each other.  Bruce
> Richardson was able to take several photos of this occurrence.   I'd never
> seen this behaviour before among wild birds and wondered if birding-Aussers
> knew of any  literature on inter-species preening.
>
> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
> 1/7 Songlark Street,
> Bakewell, NT 0832
> 043 8650 835



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