The red and little wattlebirds in my Barossa Valley Garden and my hand raised
wattlebirds are not aggressive towards others including the Eastern Spinebills
that pass through at this time of the year. But I am interested in the leg
breaking behaviour as I have seen hand-reared New Hollands and White-plumed
honeyeaters do this to less dominant birds in an aviary. Has anyone else
noticed the leg-breaking behaviour?
Regards,
Alex Randell
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From: Birding-Aus on behalf of Graeme
Chapman
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 12:43 AM
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Subject: Aggressive wattlebirds
Hello Berenice,
Wattlebirds (both Red and Little) are frequently very aggressive towards other
smaller birds that intrude on their territories. The local Little Wattlebirds
stand guard over our garden and viciously attack any Eastern Spinebills that
appear with a loud clap of the bill - fortunately the spinebills always seem to
escape. Our Little Wattlebirds even manage to keep out any visiting Red
Wattlebirds as well. Other visiting honeyeaters like Yellow-faced, White-naped
and Fuscous stay well up in the treetops out of harm's way.
We used to live in Canberra where Red Wattlebirds were the residents in our
garden. One morning my wife saw the wattlebird attack an errant young Pink
Robin. The wattlebird broke both the robin's legs.
So, some wattlebirds are just as bad as Noisy Miners in keeping smaller birds
out of a garden, but also capable of inflicting harm
Regards
Graeme Chapman
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