Australian Wildlife - Butcher Birds & Currawong
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Australian Wildlife - Butcher Birds & Currawong |
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Pied Butcher Bird (Cracticus nigrogularis) |
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| This Pied Butcher Bird was a regular visitor at suburban garden.
A family of these came along just before or just after the magpies to feed on mince and meat scraps.
They became tame enough to hand feed.
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Grey Butcher Bird (Cracticus torquatus) |
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Grey Butcher Bird was a garden visitor for years at suburban garden. Unlike
the Pied Butcher Birds who came as a family, this one always came
alone.
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Pied Currawong (Streptera graculina) |
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| Pied Currawong at Lamington National Park.
The Currawong comes down from the mountain areas to the Brisbane suburbs in winter time.
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Pied Currawong (Streptera graculina) | ||
| Currawongs
in Sydney Botanic Gardens. Note the bright yellow eyes.
Photograph by Nickolay Tilcheff. |
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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) |
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Torresian Crow is about 48cm long. This one is easting a Cane Toad. Many
birds and animals that eat Cane Toads are poisoned by the toad's venom. The crow
has figured out how to feed on Cane Toads and survive. It swings the toad
around by the back leg until it overturns it, then feeds on the soft
underside. This keeps it way from the poison glands on the toad's back.
This photograph was taken in the Japanese Garden in Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.
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