Unusually a 4-member Grey Butcherbird family visited our bird bath
this weekend (Cook). There was only one grey bird, the other three
were brown (varied). Adult female had dark brown head, brown back and
fawn front. Immature (last year's progeny?) was brown with clearly
marked neck patches. And the bleating dependent young was a squat
brown bundle that clung to the rim of the bowl for quite some time.
The interesting behaviour was that all three brown birds took long
flapping baths, each in turn. The grey bird came later, for a drink.
I wonder what percentage of passerines go for long baths when they
can, rather than the dip in and fly off technique?
Muriel
Muriel Brookfield
(02) 6251 2934
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