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Grey Butcherbird killings in Brisbane

Subject: Grey Butcherbird killings in Brisbane
From: "Keith Weekes" <>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:50:23 +1100
There is only one way to find out for certain; a rigourous test involving
many different prey, predators and cage designs. We should have no trouble
from the University ethics committee on this one.

Keith


On 15/05/07, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

That Magpies are common in almost all cities and I have never heard of
this, suggests it does hardly happen, if at all. They would probably find it
hard for two reasons, they don't have a hooked beak and they may have
difficulties hanging on the side of the cage, as they are a lot heavier.
They do sometimes chase other small birds but cases of magpie predation on
other birds are rare. I'd suggest Currawongs as more likely contenders than
Magpies. They are all closely related and it is all possible.

Philip



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