Fwd: Flocking currawongs

[Joan Rosenthal <>]

Hi. I'm in Drummoyne (Sydney) where there was a flock of Pied Currawongs about 6 weeks ago when trees in the (small!) Bob Smith Reserve were fruiting. I didn't try to count them but there were certainly more than 20. They were in and around the Reserve, very active and vocal, for at least 2 weeks. When they had diminished the fruit supply the group diminished and dispersed, but about 6 are still in a much wider range around the area, very pleasantly vocal.

Joan

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From: Joan Rosenthal <>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 10:05
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Flocking currawongs
To: Casimir Liber <m("gmail.com","casliber0134");" target="_blank">>

Hi. I'm in Drummoyne (Sydney) where there was a flock of Pied Currawongs about 6 weeks ago when trees in the (small!) Bob Smith Reserve were fruiting. I didn't try to count them but there were certainly more than 20. They were in and around the Reserve, very active and vocal, for at least 2 weeks. When they had diminished the fruit supply the group diminished and dispersed, but about 6 are still in a much wider range around the area, very pleasantly vocal.

Joan

On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 23:35, Casimir Liber <m("gmail.com","casliber0134");" target="_blank">> wrote:

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 <> 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 <>
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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 [ On Behalf Of m("optusnet.com.au","paulodoyle");" target="_blank">
> Sent: Monday, 23 October, 2023 9:43 AM
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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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