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Butcher Bird

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This is a native bird living in my garden with one of its offspring. I feed them every morning together with the kookaburras. They swoop down extremely quickly and fly off with their prize as they're frightened of all the other birds. They're about the size of a sparrow, so I was extremely surprised when this photo actually turned out because it was taken on a late, overcast Winter's day, although I was lucky to just find that little piece of blue sky behind her. The tree is an Ash and is just coming out with its tiny flowers. The call of the butcher bird is extremely loud and usually melodious. This one calls for me when she's hungry with one particular song, but her young one still uses it's rather annoying high pitched baby peeps to get me to give it some food, even after a couple years. It's obviously decided that baby talk works extremely well!
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Oh, I forgot to mention that I just love his relatively large beak compared to his body... It has a little hook on the end too; what do these usually eat in the wild? With the name Butcher Bird, I would guess MEAT!!! :chew: