Possibly at Bacchus Marsh, his birthplace, or on the playing
fields of Geelong Grammar School, or at an excursion to the You Yangs, between
those sites. At any of those it would be the angelic G t tyrannica Schodde
& Mason, subsp. nov. By contrast, in Canberra they chortle
like newly-promoted bureaucrats.
From: John Layton
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Sent: Monday, 24 March 2008 10:42 AM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Magpie matters
During the past ten days, the local Magpies have become highly
vocal and visual. Frequently, they regale us with prolonged bursts of warbling.
No complaints about that. Incidentally, I recently happened upon
a quote about magpie song by the celebrated Australian novelist, Peter Carey.
Celebrated or not, I eschew his writing but jotted it down in my little black
book, viz: "... like an angel gargling into a crystal vase." No, I
don't know where the likes of Carey has been to witness an angel gargling.
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