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Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti) eating a fig (Ficus opposita) at Rapid Creek, Darwin.

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Still waiting for the wisdom they promised would be worth getting old for.

American goldfinch (female)

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Pippan wrote in post #19561379
Black Butcherbirds are not as beautifully melodious as their brethren, the Pied or Grey Butcherbirds, especially the Pied, which sounds like a distant, haunting quartet of flautists, but they make up for this by being very loud. You certainly know when they're around even if you can't always see them hidden in the dense mangrove foliage. But butcherbirds not only kill their audience (the hook on the end of their beaks is a giveaway), they have the endearing habit of impaling their victims on a sharp stick or jamming them in the fork of a branch for later consumption.

I watched one do its singing, well, notes, they were not that melodious! heheh

We have a bird here called a, "Northern Shrike", it's gray, white, and black, it also impales its dinner like you said. I have seen them with impaled grasshoppers on a wire fence before. They are just miniature version of your bird, really, they also have that hook on their bill.
As far as I know, they don't make much sound, if any, I never gave it any thought until your bird.

Thanks for the info, Pippan!

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American Dipper.

Sony a7R V • Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS @400mm • 1/400 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

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Squirrel Cuckoo.

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Many-banded Aracari.

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olive backed sunbird

Very nice.

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A willet and I taking a stroll along N. Beach.

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