Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater

Gooday all, Could I suggest that the prey of the Spangled Drongo was a young or fledgling bird of those species mentioned. I have observed S Drongo feeding or taking advantage of fledgling birds at certain times of the year when other prey may be unavailable. But this is not common in my observations so I would consider it more opportunistic than normal behaviour? What is “normal” Regards Jon Wren and Gregg Malone. —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 2:00 AM To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 7, Issue 3 2. Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater (Trevor Quested) ———————————————————————- Message: 2 From: Trevor Quested <tquested@bigpond.com> To: Birding Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater Message-ID: <aB3E0F67-0E61-4CFE-8FF2-30123CF8FCA9@bigpond.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. —————————— Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:56:53 +1000 From: “John Walter” <jcwally@bigpond.net.au> To: “‘Trevor Quested’” <tquested@bigpond.com>, “‘Birding Aus’” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater Message-ID: <001501cf7eb5$f2b48190$d81d84b0$@net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” About 30 years ago in North Qld we saw a Drongo catch and eat a silvereye. —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Trevor Quested Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 7:46 AM To: Birding Aus Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org Also in northern Queensland (Townsville) Spangled Drongo recorded catching and eating Zebra Finch. Peter Valentine On 03/06/2014, at 7:46 AM, Trevor Quested <tquested@bigpond.comtquested@bigpond.com>> wrote: This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. _______________________________________________ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:20:10 +1000 From: “Philip Veerman” <pveerman@pcug.org.au> To: “‘Birding Aus’” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater Message-ID: <8F81496BD997455EAA104E666D25C918@workventd2bdc8> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Curious that I thought this was a sort of common thing, maybe not. Sometimes it is hard to know what is typical, when impressions largely depend on what people think is worth reporting. Not that I have seen them take a bird but I haven’t lived in places where they are common for long (4 years and many visits in Brisbane). HANZAB has a small list of bird prey for the Drongo: Vol 7A page 254-255. They have a very wide diet. Philip —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of John Walter Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 8:57 AM To: ‘Trevor Quested’; ‘Birding Aus’ Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater About 30 years ago in North Qld we saw a Drongo catch and eat a silvereye. —–Original Message—– From: Birding-Aus [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org] On Behalf Of Trevor Quested Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 7:46 AM To: Birding Aus Subject: [Birding-Aus] Spangled Drongo eating brown honeyeater This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org