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Hey John,
You have lost me. Why are you comparing a Grey
Butcherbird with a Tree Sparrow? They are nothing like each other.
You ask: Why is it appearing to me to live with
tree sparrows?
That is easy, sparrows make great butcherbird
lunches!
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From:
John Gamblin <>
To:
Birding-Aus <>
Date:
Wednesday, 16 May 2001 11:03
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] *ID
query*
G'day All,
I've been discussing over the
phone an unusual visitor
that now calls in early am and later at days end
to my
home.
The Adelaide phone caller and I have sort of
agreed?
well sort of? that we believe it is most likely an
immature
"Grey Butcherbird" ( Cracticus torquatus )
but what is NOT
convincing ME is the beak colouring?
this little one that has taken up
the role of boss
"tree sparrow" has what I could only describe
as being
a non glossy, not quite matt finish, metallic
black
throughout the entire beak.
Plus its size is about 2 thirds
larger then a tree
sparra?????? if it is an immature then what is
it
doing out on it's own? why is it appearing to me to
live with tree
sparrows?
Anyone like to have a go at shedding some light? as
yet
I have not heard a call that I could positively
say was produced by the
bird, the coluring is very
close to an immature
"GB".
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