Grey Shrike-thrush 1, spider 0

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From:	martin butterfield <>
Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:26:53 +1100

Another resident of Carwoola mentioned that he had a Grey Shrike-thrush nesting in his garage. After 25 minutes squatting under a pile of hay-bales I captured an adult coming in to feed the 2 chicks (one egg didn't hatch). I was intrigued to see the food was a large spider.

Last year the birds nested on the verandah of the house with an elegant stringybark nest fitted in to a smallish basket.

This was part of a day un the locality which also included finding Little Pied Cormorant nests in willows in the Molonglo and a Brown Goshawk nest with a well developed chick sitting beside it.

Martin

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