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Flocking currawongs

To: "'Casimir Liber'" <>, <>
Subject: Flocking currawongs
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:01:02 +1100

Ah, the folk of the plains have much to learn about the birds of Australia's high country. 'It breeds in forest country but in the autumn and winter is nomadic forming large flocks.  This movement is largely an altitudinal shift and large flocks appear in towns on the highlands during winter.'  (Ian Rowley in Birds in the Australian High Country, Frith HJ, ed. 1969, 1984)

 

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I'm in Sydney too and come to think of it, I don't recall seeing them in flocks - maybe 2 or 3 at most together Cas

 

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 8:57 PM <m("optusnet.com.au","paulodoyle");">> wrote:

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> Thanks Philip,

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> I live in Sydney and never see flocks around my area.

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> paul

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> From: Philip Veerman <m("pcug.org.au","pveerman");">>

> Sent: Monday, 23 October 2023 10:05 AM

> To: m("optusnet.com.au","paulodoyle");">; m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus");">

> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Flocking currawongs

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> Hello Paul,

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> That is a curious comment. I would say that having large flocks of Pied Currawongs is entirely normal. They are rarely alone here. Where I am at Canberra, a flock of 40 is about average for flock size, especially in winter, when flocks that size or bigger are daily observations. During the breeding season they disperse a lot more. Especially noisy in flocks, when they decide to try to fight away ravens or owls or raptors.

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> About Gold Coast, although I have spent a lot of time there too. I don’t have any specific memory about them in flocks or not. As I am so familiar with them, I would not think of it.

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> Philip

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> From: Birding-Aus [m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus-bounces");">] On

> Behalf Of m("optusnet.com.au","paulodoyle");">

> Sent: Monday, 23 October, 2023 9:43 AM

> To: m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus");">

> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Flocking currawongs

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> Hi all,

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> I was at the Gold Coast last week and was interested to see large numbers of Pied Currawongs flocking around a new building site at sunset.

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> I have a photo, but I don’t think I can upload pictures on this chat group?

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> Probably 40 birds in all.

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> I don’t remember ever seeing Currawongs flocking like this: is that unusual?

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> Regards,

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> Paul.

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