[Birding-Aus] raven behaviour (was: LACoBirds] PANDEMIC)

To anyone wishing to contribute to this, fine, but please delete anything up to and including my posting about “Pandemic”, as I have done, unless you are carrying forward on that issue, and really there isn’t any more to add. At least Jonny was good enough to change the subject header,

 

I am perfectly capable of having a discussion about bird behaviour. That was not my intention at this time. My comment about the different behaviour of 2 species in Canberra is merely a generalisation that holds enough to be mostly useful, written initially to pass back to that correspondent in USA. I thought it obvious that my message was not intended to lead to any kind of serious discussion about Raven social behaviour. It was intended only as a light relief against a bad situation. Please don’t combine the two things.

 

Philip

 

From: Birding-Aus [To anyone wishing to contribute to this, fine, but please delete anything up to and including my posting about “Pandemic”, as I have done, unless you are carrying forward on that issue, and really there isn’t any more to add. At least Jonny was good enough to change the subject header,

 

I am perfectly capable of having a discussion about bird behaviour. That was not my intention at this time. My comment about the different behaviour of 2 species in Canberra is merely a generalisation that holds enough to be mostly useful, written initially to pass back to that correspondent in USA. I thought it obvious that my message was not intended to lead to any kind of serious discussion about Raven social behaviour. It was intended only as a light relief against a bad situation. Please don’t combine the two things.

 

Philip

 

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Actually the Australian Raven does at time associate – I have seen it a couple of times here in Perth. I have heard it is the annual get together of the younger un paired birds. That is indeed how it seemed. I would have described it as a rolling scrimmage, moving progressively through the bush in Bold Park, with Birds pursuing each other in pairs and small groups but maintaining the overall group. No obvious signs of antagonistic behaviour. Seemed like more than 19.

 

Maris

 

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