sandeyeMore about pied currawongs
June 8th 2009 15:28
Here is a short extract about currawongs from the book I authored in 2007, "OUR AUSTRALIAN FEATHERED FRIENDS" - available at www.lulu.com/winterbear
Another large bird which sometimes uses our yard for the purpose of hunting down a meal is the Pied Currawong, having on at least two occasions munched baby Pigeon for dinner. They have also eaten our Cotoneaster berries, and pieces of cheese that I have thrown to the Magpies. Their diet naturally includes baby birds and berries, along with skinks, caterpillars, insects, and small birds and animals, but does not usually contain cheese. Like the Butcherbird, they may also create a pantry for storage purposes, especially if their prey was a small animal that may take more than one meal to consume.
Breeding from mid winter to mid summer, the mother will build a nest from material such as sticks and grass, which is collected by both parents. Nests are generally situated in the fork of a tree. The male bird will bring food to the female, who incubates her three eggs of a pale-brown color with darker markings, for around three weeks. Mother birds then feed the young; however, the father will bring food to the mother for around a week after the eggs have hatched.
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