Sunday, October 30, 2011

Magpies With Chick; Crested Pigeons' Mating Dance

I got two nice videos yesterday.

In this first one I say that what we have here is two currawongs and their chick. Why? Because I'm an idiot. They're magpies, and I should have known that. (I've been told the way to distinguish the two is that the magpies have white on their beaks, and currawongs don't.)



Just minutes later a pair of Australian Crested Pigeons showed up on the same roof, and performed a beautiful mating dance, with tails rising and opening and heads bobbing. Really nice:



2 comments:

  1. Great vids Thom....I like to watch (and video if I can) the many animal dramas going on around us too. ;~)

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  2. So I've noticed. You've gotten some good ones, too.

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