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impaled Spotted Pardalote

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Subject: impaled Spotted Pardalote
From: mariko buszynski <>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 06:44:26 +0000
As I was walking a dog along Launceston St. by the Canberra College close to the Yamba Drive I found an impaled Pardalote.  A thin twig pierced through a breast to the back.  In Japan a shrike is supposed to do this kind of things, though a prey is not as large as this, I think.  It looks as if a strong wind broke the twig and the dead bird fell on the path.  Would a Grey Butcherbird do this?  A Currawong would eat it on the spot? He ate a House Sparrow in a tree in our garden.  I do not recall hearing any Grey Butcherbird calling around this area.  Who is responsible?  Can anyone tell me?

Mariko 
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