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We have observed a family clan feeding the α-female in the nest, while either laying eggs or incubating. The whole clan was at the time trying to prevent an intrusion by a female Channel-billed Cuckoo keen on laying its egg in the nest. In response, the female White-winged Chough was observed to "hunker down" in its nest.
Female White-winged Chough on its nest, either laying eggs or
incubating newly laid eggs
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2015]
Female White-winged Chough on its nest, begging for food
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2015]
First one White-winged Chough approaches with a flying insect...
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2015]
... feeding her while other family members come to join in
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2015]
Several members of the White-winged Chough family brought food,
this one demonstrating that - like pancakes - locusts can also
be stacked
[Eulah Creek, NSW, November 2015]
