Day: July 17, 2023

As it Happened: Defending the Territory

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We had on a chance stopped by to see if infact Madeline the Black-shouldered Kite had any prospects of a full nest.
Whatever is going on is worth defending as she cleared out a murder of Ravens, a lone Black-faced Cuckooshrike, the two Falcons, Cassia, of Cinnamon and Alistair, and confronted the home team neighborhood watch Magpies.

The Ravens have a nest about 3 trees down from her nest, and it’s going to be an ongoing battle.
In the end, she pursed the Falcons to about a radius of 600-700 metres.
It was a very busy morning for a very aggressive and angry bird.

As it Happened.

The Raven was hoping it was going to be safe under the tree to work on the nest.
Maddie had other ideas, and it was time for it to move on.
The alpha female Magpie came, perhaps to negotiate, but that wasn’t going to happen
Look out. Here I come
Wisely the Maggie left the branch.
But returned and tried to look as intimidating as possible.
A more frontal attack was launched
In the end, they both landed and decided on their next tactic.
The victor, after 6 rounds. (at least). Maggie moved on. Madeline was already eyeing off the passing Falcons.