Does Brisbane have more Butcherbirds than it used to too. This could also
increase the predation rate if that has indeed happened.
D. Jones only found that the feeding of Magpies did no harm to the Magpies
but my question is what does that do for other species?
Regards,
Alan
Alan's Wildlife Tours
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Yungaburra 4884
Phone 07 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Thelander
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 6:23 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Boobook Owl - Brisbane
Hi folks
Today at Salisbury railway station in Brisbane, I heard Pied butcherbirds
mobbing something. It turned out to be a Boobook. They had injured one eye
and broken one wing. I rescued the bird and, at the RSPCA's suggestion, took
it to a particular vet for attention. The vet did not seem optimistic about
the state of the broken wing and I fear the bird will be euthanased. It
would certainly have been killed by the 5 butcherbirds that were attacking
it very savagely.
Nature - red in tooth and claw! But I wonder if these type of attacks are
now more common as the owls have less suitable roosting sites available to
them and end up roosting in open country and gums where they are easily
discovered by butcherbirds, currawongs etc?
Andrew
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