Hi Irene
Interesting to hear about your Grey butcherbird. We have a pied butcherbird
that sits on our verandah and we have watched him mimic a budgie, canary,
kookaburra, galah, magpie, grey butcherbird and a dog barking! It sometimes
sits there for about 20 minutes doing his repertoire - very entertaining and
clever!
Jo Chadwick
Brisbane
-----Original Message-----
From: Irene
Sent: Sunday, 02 December 2001 1:20:PM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: Grey Butcherbird as a Mimic
Recently I was inside and heard a Common Myna making a strange sound. Or so
I thought.
When I looked out the window, a Grey Butcherbird was sitting only 1 metre
away on the gate. It proceeded to give a concert
of:
Common Myna
Australian Magpie
Noisy Miner
Eastern Rosella
Pied Currawong
I'm not sure I would have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Cheers and Happy Times with Nature
Irene Denton
Concord West, 12 km from Sydney city, NSW Australia
33°50.278'S 151°05.406'E
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