Look, a little butcherbird!
He’s so tame.
Aww, isn’t he sweet?
mmmm…perhaps not…
You can listen to the grey butcherbird’s song at Birdlife Australia
and the pied butcherbird’s song at the Listening Earth Blog
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Brill’ pictures, is he learning to be a caddy..;)
haha – not a very good one, pooping on the clubs 😆 Thanks, Gerry 🙂
they do look sweet, and have a musical call, but when you see them strike and kill a fairy wren at the birdbath you don’t think ‘sweet’ any more …. the bath was right outside my study window so it was a bit too close for me, and the spot of blood on my window brought the reality home … he is a killer!
Oh no, that is almost Hitchcockesque, Christine, particularly the spot of blood on the window! I guess they’re not named butcherbirds for no good reason. What an awful thing to witness.
This is hilarious!
We had a good laugh, Julie, haha – cheeky bird!
My husband’s ma used to loathe these birds!
After reading Christine’s comment about her experience, I can understand why anyone would.
Had a good laugh about this sequence of photos…thanks!
You’re welcome, Charles 🙂
Great post. Hopefully he wasn’t commenting on the golfer’s skill. 🙂
Will pass this one on to a few non-blogging friends & family.
You may be onto something there, Elmediat… 🙂 Thanks.
hahaha – that second photo is wonderful – it’s supposed to be good luck to be shat on! The sound of butcherbird song is one of the best things in this world – priceless! Great photo story BB 🙂 By the way, are you any good at editing video or making movies – that type of thing?
haha, thanks, Gabe We said we should get a lotto ticket (Powerball is $50m this week ;-)) We’ve got a video camera but I’ve never used it, although I have taken a few video clips with my Sony cybershot. Done some sound editing in the course of my work, but not any video editing – why?
There is a competition where you make a short film to match a poem, but I don’t know the first thing about editing a video – just asking around 🙂
I use Camtasia to create web-based training material (software screen captures and sound) and found it easy to teach myself how to use. It’s also a video editing tool, but I’ve not used this area of it. You can download a 30-day trial version.
thanks bb 🙂
He’s definitely bold. 😉
Yeah, bold, rather than tame 🙂
He cute and cheeky! 🙂
Yes, very, haha.
Rather a gruesome name for such a sweet tweet! 😀
Haha – yes a sweet tweet that belies an aggressive nature, Nancy 🙂
Ha, Ha, Ha!
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Great photos – I like the sound of the pied butcherbird, sounds like it is singing into a glass 🙂
Thanks, Nicola. That’s a good description of the pied butcherbird’s song – such a lovely sound.
Fabulous post! He looks adorable, despite what I’ve read in the comments 🙂
Thanks, Tilly. I think he was probably hoping we would feed him 🙂
Cheeky boy!
he looks so sweet…
Doesn’t he, Jo? 🙂
Great pictures!
Thanks, Tammy 🙂
Left a present, I see. Birds do not discriminate. LOL
No, haha 🙂
He is adorable. And oh so tame. I LOVE HIM!!!!
I did too until he pooped on my club covers, haha. Thanks, Selma 😀
Like, like, love. The grey butcherbird looks and sounds naughty – he’s got a lot to say and gets down to business. The pied butcherbird song is pure magic. Very impressive sound capture from Listening Earth.
Hello, Monica 😀
Yes, the grey butcherbird has got a lot to say – he’s as cheeky as he sounds. Isn’t the Listening Earth blog wonderful? Andrew and Sarah do such a wonderful job, I think I am going to purchase some of their CDs.