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Grey (definately, Sam) Butcherbirds

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Subject: Grey (definately, Sam) Butcherbirds
From: "John Layton" <>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:12:01 +1000
Today, on a grey misty spring morning, we went to McDermott Place, Lake Ginninderra for a short walk. A melodic call carried from a stand of  eucalyptus at the water's edge.
 
"Pied Butcherbird!" Brat jnr. yelled.
 
"No ... wait," but Sami Jane was up and running. Caught up with her a minute later. "It was on that dead branch but flew to the ground," she reported. The next second it flew up to another dead branch and we stalked forward focussing the binos.
 
" Pied, eh?" she said.
 
"No! Grey."

"P'raps the light's a bit poor for you."
 
"There's nothing wrong with the thumping light or me!"
 
"Grouch, grouch, grouch."
 
We searched in vain for Black-tailed Native-hens until Sam declared, "The light's against us, and the native chickens are probably pied too, makes it all the more difficult."
 
"Stop it, before I wallop you."
 
"What is it now, El Groucho?"
 
John Layton.
 
 
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