Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes are also one of the few bird species that eat
spitfires (sawfly larvae), which like stinkbugs are presumably full of nasty
chemicals.
Steve
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From: Rods Gardening <>
Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2020 3:14 PM
To: Anthony Overs <>
Cc: canberrabirds <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Cuckoo-shrike feeding
My daughter has had a similar experience with magpies - claims she has
“trained” them to eat the stink bugs from her lemon tree!
Speaking of the stink bugs, we have had far fewer on out citrus trees this
year compared with the usual invasion we get. Perhaps something to do with the
high temperatures we’ve been having.
Cheers
Rod
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> On 30 Jan 2020, at 11:30 am, Anthony Overs <> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a pair of Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes that live locally here in Hawker.
> I don’t know where they breed, but they have been recently successful with
> two dependent young in my area often. One was being fed by an adult just a
> few minutes ago in my front yard.
>
> Of particular note though, is the curious diet selection of the adult(s).
> Four times over the last ten days or so, an adult bird has been in my
> backyard. It lands in the somewhat bare apricot tree, and sits observing the
> nearby lime tree. After a few minutes it leaps into the lime tree and grabs a
> Bronze Orange Bug, commonly known as the citrus stink bug. It returns to the
> apricot, smashes the bug a bit on a branch before swallowing it. The bird is
> welcome to it as many stink bugs as possible! However, given how bad they can
> smell, I cannot imagine how awful they would taste!
>
> Cheers
>
> Anthony
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