Help needed to identify this bird:
He posed nicely for me with his kill.
I think it's a juvenile Butcher Bird ... help!
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I'm fairly sure this is a male Grey Shrike-thrush and the kill is just a coincidence.Ray
I think, I'm absolutely sure, it's a Grey Shrike-thrush, got some close to my house. Nice shot, raysimula.(How did the poor skink get into a pickel?)
M-L
The skink was brought to the edge of the upturned garden table and wedged there by this bird!
I have more pics of it doing this plus some video which I will link to shortly.
OK I have posted most of the stills here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/berzdex/WhatBird#
I will link to 2 short vids asap which allow you to hear and see it live.
Here are two video clips.
Each lets you hear one of the two calls I have heard.
The first is 3.08Mb -
http://www.ausdex.com/dexpix/whatbirdshort.mpg
The second is larger at 55.5Mb but lets you hear its other call plus watch it dealing with the skink -
http://www.ausdex.com/dexpix/whatbirdlong.mpg
Yes, I agree it looks like Ray nailed it.
Grey Shrike-Thrush with a taste for killing skinks!
BTW it did not eat it - yet. My resident magpie sat briefly right beside it this morning but preferred some stale bread I had tossed out.
The poor skink is still there ...maybe the shrike has a plan for it?
Something funny: I thought it reminded me of a cat returning to its master with a rat!
I had a pair of young shrike-thrushe fledglings around the garden last week, squarking constantly. The fledglings look strange, without tails. The parents were flying everywhere getting food for them, it looked quite exhausting.