my favourite shot of the day is this one tho   #butcherbird #birdsofMastodon
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Taken at Clayfield, Brisbane/Meanjin Australia

Taken with an OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0 on an OM System OM-1 Mk II

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Three friends on the tree. There are 5 in this family - another parent and another baby not far away I'm sure. They are great singers.
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Juvenile Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Clayfield, Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia - March 2025

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Juvenile Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Clayfield, Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia - March 2025

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5:45am *tap* *tap* *tap* like some telltale heart driving me mad with guilt for not having gone to bed yet. It's a juvenile, and still befuddled by itself in the reflective window film. #NightOwl #Nocturnal #ButcherBird #Birb
2021JAN30

This is Percy. I have two Butcherbirds that come in for a feed.

The prime bird is Smiley (F) . Smiley is smallish but with a fierce personality. Percy (M) is bigger but very timid. Smiley waits patiently for something. Percy can sometimes pop in then just as easily disappear.

Percy is larger, thiner, has less colouring in the tail. Physical and behavioural differences mark Percy from Smiley

#BirdsOfOz / #Butcherbird / #CracticusTorquatus / #Melbourne

source https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/50889968617/in/album-72157718088936541
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Smiley

Second breakfast ... I’ll call this #Butcherbird “Smiley” * #melbourne / #birdsofoz *silent, deadly & grey-man, from le Carré

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once again washing my car, and cleaning the remains of dead animals, care of the local #ButcherBird, from out of the windscreen wipers.