Corcorax melanorhamphos

1 White-winged Chough at Hughes, ACT

Corcorax melanorhamphos at Hughes, ACT - 15 Oct 2019
Corcorax melanorhamphos at Hughes, ACT - 15 Oct 2019
Corcorax melanorhamphos at Hughes, ACT - 15 Oct 2019
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Corcorax melanorhamphos 26 Oct 2019 Illilanga
Corcorax melanorhamphos 26 Oct 2019 LisaH

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Such a caring species!

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Illilanga wrote:
   27 Oct 2019
Did you know they often "kidnap" Chough fledglings from other flocks? To help tend their own chicks. ;)
LisaH wrote:
   27 Oct 2019
Thank you. Yes, I've heard this. But this little group was isolated from any other group because of the roads, I think. They were on their own little island until the chick could fly?

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