Debbie,
Grieving like behaviour has been recorded in quite a few bird species,
especially in Corvids.
Carl Clifford
> On 11 Nov 2013, at 10:57, Debbie Lustig <> wrote:
>
> I made a comment in my recent post about injured or sick birds. I said people
> shouldn't be put off attempting to help them. I want to clarify that I was
> referring to birds other than shearwaters.
> The decision to try and help injured wildlife is fraught, and qualified help
> should be sought whenever possible. Wildlife Victoria is a good start: 13 000
> 94535 or call the RACV, who refer callers on. There are plenty of local
> rescue organisations which can be googled or refer to the front of the White
> Pages.
> This morning at St Kilda, between West Beach and the Langridge Street rock
> groyne, I counted 41 dead STSW. As well, a Little Pied Cormorant and a young
> silver gull lay dead - vicims of the rough weather...?
> I've never seen what people characterise as grief in birds, where a bereaved
> bird will hang around its dead mate for some time. But today, I saw something
> that made me think. I approached the young, dead gull to have a closer look
> and a huge ruckus of gulls circled overhead, screeching and swooping. It
> seemed as if they were trying to protect it, dead or alive. To warn me off?
> When I walked away, the birds went back to their roosts.
>
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