RIP Thornbill

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RIP Thornbill

To:	"Canberra Birds" <>
Subject:	RIP Thornbill
From:	"John Layton" <>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:26:40 +1000

This morning intrepid offspring turned up with a Red-rumped Thornbill in her golf bag. It was dead and appeared to have been so for several hours. It was wrapped in a freezer bag Sam carries in case specimens need to be brought home for discussion.

She'd removed it from a large, strong spider's web on the Belconnen golf course. Without any spider books to refer to, I said I doubted if Australian spiders preyed on small birds. We buried the late Thornbill in the compost bin.

John K. Layton

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