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Guardian Australian bird of the year 2017

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Subject: Guardian Australian bird of the year 2017
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:53:16 +0000
I read the cartoons about it and I still voted. When you vote, there is an
option to see the ranking.

The notes about the bird choices, perpetuate what is said to be a myth that
the Grey Butcherbird has "a rather gruesome habit of impaling its prey in
the fork of a branch for later consumption." They will wedge prey in a fork
of a branch to help pull it apart, but the "impaling" bit, applies to
shrikes and the story was wrongly copied to our birds but it is not
something our butcherbirds do.

Philip

Subject: Guardian Australian bird of the year 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2017/nov/20/australia
n-bird-of-the-year-2017-vote-for-your-favourite


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