Hi Arwen,
Jackass is (was) a common name for the Laughing Kookaburra. Never
heard it used of Grey Butcherbird!
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 29/01/2008, at 8:11 PM, Arwen B. Ximenes wrote:
And if you don't have this phrase in your birdspeak repertoire yet
perhaps you'd like to add it: "From jackass to mopoke" (also "from
jackass to jackass"), according to the Macquarie Dictionary
predictably means "from dawn to dusk". In case you didn't know, a
jackass is apparently a Grey Butcherbird, and since we have what
sounds like thousands around at the moment, the phrase was very apt
yesterday!
......................................... Arwen Blackwood Ximenes
Lawson, Blue Mountains,
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