Mimicry in Common Blacklbirds

To:	"'John Layton'" <>, "'Canberra Birds'" <>
Subject:	Mimicry in Common Blacklbirds
From:	"Philip Veerman" <>
Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:21:04 +1100

That is a curious one. Yes Common Blackbirds will do some mimicry of birds but a Brush-tailed Possum is a really unusual suggestion.........

Philip

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From: John Layton [
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2011 9:17 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Mimicry in Common Blacklbirds

Can anyone suggest a reference to mimicry in Common Blackbirds? Think I witnessed one mimicking, or attempting to mimic, the call of a Brush-tailed Possum one evening recently. Haven’t turned up much on the web or in the books.

John K. Layton.

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