The dull morning was brightened by a visit from a young Grey butcherbird demonstrating all the classic butcherbird poses:
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| Immature Grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus), suburban Blackburn, Australia |
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The musings, photos and trip reports of a late-rising, fledgling birder from Melbourne, Australia. © Peter Shanley
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Butcherbird brightens dull morning
Finally some cooler weather in Melbourne! It is a dull, cool morning (13 deg celsius - that's 55'F) and it seems like we're skipping Autumn this year (it was 36'C only 5 days ago - that's 97'F) .
The dull morning was brightened by a visit from a young Grey butcherbird demonstrating all the classic butcherbird poses:
Find out more about this bird at the Birds in Backyards Grey Butcherbird page including a nice recording of the bird's piping call.
The dull morning was brightened by a visit from a young Grey butcherbird demonstrating all the classic butcherbird poses:
I love their melodic call
ReplyDeleteMy friend in Balwyn has a very bold family of them, knocking at her window till she opens the doors and hands up mince they take directly from her.
ReplyDeleteMine get theirs at arms length via lemon tree branches, but despite getting very close they are yet to take directly. I do tell them I know they eat blue wrens.
I have a few take some mince . They are small and black and white. I had no idea there were a large variety. Saw my firs yesterday and Id'd from this photo.
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