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Title: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: saxonman on January 13, 2010, 08:50:54 PM WHAT IS THE OTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD...I NO THIS ONE SO SOULD YOU BIRDY BOYS
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: Sexy Legs (Leighton) on January 13, 2010, 08:54:00 PM Birdy boys? lol
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: Gazza on January 13, 2010, 08:55:50 PM i'll try the gray shrikes
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: Gadget(Ian) on January 13, 2010, 09:03:16 PM thats got to be foreign never heard of it.
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: Nick on January 13, 2010, 09:07:02 PM I agree with Gazza, Great Grey Shrike
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: saxonman on January 13, 2010, 09:16:50 PM ON THE RIGHT TRACK IT IS A SHRIKE. WHICH ONE .THO .ALSO WHAT DOES IT DO TO ITS PREY WHEN CAUGHT.
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: cronge (richard) on January 13, 2010, 10:03:33 PM hangs it up on thorns or barbed wire etc
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on January 13, 2010, 10:51:40 PM butcher birds are magpie-like birds, native to australasia....they have a long straight bill with a hook at the end, for skewering prey.....they skewer their prey on thorns or tree forks to support them while eating or to be left there for storage for another time..........sorry gwill...i cheated and looked it up......lol...... ;)....byron
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: coleggwent(phil) on January 13, 2010, 11:02:50 PM GREAT GREY SHRIKE ;)
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: coleggwent(phil) on January 13, 2010, 11:04:04 PM GAZZA GOOGLED THAT HE DONT KNOW A BLUE TIT FROM A CROW :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: Richy on January 14, 2010, 08:56:34 AM ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BUTCHER BIRD Post by: saxonman on January 14, 2010, 12:54:53 PM GREAT ANSWERS THERE BOYS.LIKED PHILS LAST ANSWER HAHA! CRONGE WAS CORRECT,AND CHEATING BYRON TO TEHE!BUT THE FULL NANE OF THE BIRD I WAS AFTER.....IS CALLED THE RED BACK SHRIKE!!.INDEED THEY WOULD IMPALE THERE PREY SMALL RODENTS AND SMALL BIRDS IN THORN BUSHES OR TREES..FOUND ONE OF THESE MANY YEARS AGO,IT WAS QUITE GRUESOME IN AWAY.SEEING MICE AND SMALL BIRDS HANGING LIKE TROPHYS FROM ALL AROUND THE BUSH..THERE BEAKS WERE CROSSED LIKE THE CROSSBILL.......GWIL
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