grey butcherbird

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In the same car park but sitting on a branch looking down on the miner was a Grey Butcherbird. Sorry, I didn't get the exposure quite right on this one.

But very neat don't you think. Another of the regular characters to visit Ken's garden, in fact I'm sure he was there virtually all the time LOL.

Sorry I haven't been browsing or posting for a while. Here come three more from Centennial Park, including two new lifer presentations. I'll try to catch up browsing tomorrow, although I can't promise. Tomorrow we plan to get re-started sorting through our parents papers and pictures. That may...

"My what a big bill you have, mr. bird :eek!:" "The better to butcher you with, my dear." These guys have an ominous name, but they do sing sweetly!

A bit damp after a bath!

Taken at Elachbutting Rock ,Western Australian wheatbelt. This is the race leucopterus.They are fairly common and widespread and they have a beautiful song.Maybe not quite as beautiful as their cousin ,the Pied Butcherbird, but well worth hearing if you get the chance.

We have just returned from a week in the Flinders Ranges, north of Adelaide. For any BF members looking for some true Aussie camping, we can recommend Spear Creek Caravan Park, situated on a sheep station near Horrocks Pass. This young Grey Butcherbird ventured under an awning on the cabin in...

A fabulous singer and another of the birds that will allow me to hand feed it

Every morning during our stay at Tweed Heads, we wre joined by this Grey Butcherbird while we ate breakfast. Sitting on the verandah handrail, close enough for this full-framer. When I first looked at this pic, I though I had somehow set the Sony to B&W. Luckily, I saw the brown in the eye.

Quite a bit smaller than the Pied bb, but just as bold. A neighbour, I believe, must have fed this Grey Butcherbird when it was young. It comes bolting along whenever I try to go birding in my backyard & has enthusiastically chased away all it's competition, with the hope of getting snacks...

Last year I didn't see a Grey butcherbird until late in the year & yet Pied butcherbirds were quite common. Recently I have had a few Grey to the garden & not so many Pieds. They have a lovely song.

Took a series of shot as this bird rubbed the spines of the caterpillar. It then wedged it in a crack in the bark and pulled bits of it until it was all gone.

Here they are singing together -- too bad about the focus. The male is the near one -- he always starts the song and ends it. The female is the far one. Here you can see her breath as she is singing. The male's belly was injured at this time, probably from a currawong or a magpie (they both...

Walking around Ivanhoe Golf course ..heard the unmistakable call of the Butcherbird. After a bit found it in forest strip next to the course. Had to wait until it placed itself in a beam of light but that too was not bright enough to get a clear shot.

There are two new Butchy babies. I have been hearing them for some time . Today I finally found them, right in my backyard!

Grey Buthcherbird