Grey Butcherbird killings in Brisbane

["Keith Weekes" <>]

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