Pied Currawong at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Strepera graculina | 8 hrs ago | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 9 hrs ago | sbittinger |
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User's notes
I photographed these fresh droppings on the northern slopes of Mount Majura. I have no idea of what sort of animal or bird may have made them. If you look closely at the photos, you can see what looks like the dark coloured skins of some kinds of fruit, with large light-coloured seeds inside the fruit. I don't recognise what local berry or fruit that might be. The droppings were prominently displayed on a rock, the way wombats display they droppings as a territory marker. I can't see how a bird or fruit bat would leave a cluster of droppings on the ground, so am more inclined to think it is a mammal leaving the droppings.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 hrs ago
Pellets are frequently regurgitated next to a pool of water. Water seems to help lubricate the process
Location information
- Coordinates 149.180269-35.229281
- Altitude 735.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 13 hrs ago Recorded on
- sbittinger Recorded by
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sbittinger NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Strepera graculina Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Strepera graculina Scientific name
- Pied Currawong Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1123.4m Recorded at altitude
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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