Pied Currawong & Fostered Channel-billed Cuckoo

That’s interesting… Myself and Ashwin Rudder observed a Magpie with a bloody pink bald head 3 days ago at Eastlakes Golf Course in Sydney. Since Magpies are also hosts to Channel-bills, maybe it’s related… Cheers, Joshua Bergmark On 6 January 2014 15:48, Greg Roberts <ninderry@westnet.com.au> wrote: > An ever-hungry juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo is presently being attended > by > its foster parent, a Pied Currawong, in my Sunshine Coast garden. The > curious thing is that the head of the currawong is bald, with the area of > baldness coinciding with the extent of the bird’s head that disappears into > the mouth of the cuckoo at feeding time. So, is the currawong losing > feathers due to cuckoo-feeding? > > > > http://tinyurl.com/pr7alus > > Greg Roberts > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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