Drongo stripping leaves from garden shrubs. (1 Viewer)

chowchilla said:

I had a work colleague come up to me the other day to tell me about a 'funny black bird' which appeared to be systematically stripping leaves from his garden shrubs. It doesn't appear to be carrying them off for say, nesting.

Once I'd established that it was a Spangled Drongo, I confessed that I was puzzled as to the bird's behaviour.

Anyone out there in Birdforumland have any ideas/suggestions as to what the bird may be doing?

Thanks,
Tony.

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jpscloud said:

No idea about the drongo, but here in the UK I've noticed "my" house sparrows doing something similar - they often strip individual willow twigs and wild rose twigs completely bare, especially where they gather in a group. They tweak at the leaves until they fall and then watch them fall with that funny look of satisfaction! They do it outside nesting time (i.e. Autumn) as well.

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