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Fighting Treecreepers
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Fighting Treecreepers (Cormobates leucophaeus)

I saw a very interesting fight today. Two White-throated Treecreepers were fighting. First I thought one is white-throated and other is different but I think they are both same.Anyway; any identification help about the upside one is welcome :)
Location
Sydney
Date taken
February 2008
Scientific name
Cormobates leucophaeus
Equipment used
Canon 30D + Canon 400mm f5,6
WOW! Fantastic action capture!!! And a good opportunity to see the beautiful pattern on those wings!!! :clap: :t: :t:
 
Great shot! I'd say that they weren't exactly fighting. The one on the top seems to be a female (see the orange spot on her cheek?) and the lower one a male. So it might be a fight - males and females don't get on together - or it might be a courtship thing (yes, White-throated Treecreepers are weird), or maybe one of them is a youngster getting kicked out of the family home. (Brown Treecreepers eject the young females, I don't know about White-throated.)

I do know that White-throated Treecreepers, most unlike all the other treecreeper species - are anti-social and don't like each other much. At home we have a regular pair that roost on the walls of the house - but they have seperate walls! He sleeps on the north side, she has the south side. You hardly ever see them together. I believe that they feed seperately too: one of them tends to feed higher up in the canopy than the other.

Nice work!
 
Like the distinctive orang band in the wing: the colour cuts right through the secondary and primary feathers. Don't see this often. Good shot. :t: :t: :t:
 
This is a brilliant shot. Not only getting two of them in the one shot but such a great action photo.
 

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