#Pied Butcherbird

[redrcs]

The new addition to the family.

The newest pied butcherbird. Its parents brought it around today to introduce it to me, and the cheese and rolled oats I put out for them.

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Pied Month day 6! (missed day 5 for Woodpigeon Wednesgay). Butcherbird? More like butch lesbian bird!

Reference photo by Robert Myers

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[ausbirdoftheday]

Todays bird of the day is the pied butcherbird! The butcherbird gets their name from their feeding habits - they impale captured prey on small branches before eating them. They share this title and behaviour with the shrike, but are unrelated, as Australia doesn’t have any native shrikes. They are related to the Australian Magpie (who aren’t corvids like other magpies) and share their swooping tendencies. They also have a lovely, layered song in contrast with their more violent behaviours

photo by me!!

[tsukouis]

Macaque hangin out with Pied Butcherbirds

(I am so fucking proud of this piece)

Speed paint

[tuxedo-birds]

Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

© Allan Johns

[dovemoulins]

just realised i forgot to post my bird pics from when i went to an ecology camp in south australia!!! so fun. i have a bunch more so i might do a part 2

[audible-smiles]

Avian Pied Beauty

Behold: In no particular order, and for no particular reason, I give you thirty of the most dramatic, elegant, and visually interesting black-and-white bird plumages on planet Earth.

Pied harrier

2. Black-and-white warbler

3. Black-headed ibis

4. Black-and-white hawk-eagle

5. Black guillemot

6. Razorbill

7. Pied avocet

8. Magellanic penguin

9. Hairy woodpecker

10. Common loon

11. Snow goose

12. Black skimmer

13. Black phoebe

14. Australian Magpie

15. Australian pied cormorant

16. Pied kingfisher

17. Pied thrush

18. Oriental magpie-robin

19. African pied wagtail

20. Black-and-white mannikin

21. Pied crow

22. Oriental pied-hornbill

23. Pied bushchat

24. European pied flycatcher

25. Pied butcherbird

26. Pied falconet

27. Pied-crested tit-tyrant

28. Pied wheatear

29. Indian pied starling

30. Chinstrap penguin

[sedgewick-gayble]

i was thinking about the art tracy did of all of the lackadaisy characters as different dog/canine species and i thought about doing the same thing but with birds. bc i like birds...

i want to draw this eventually but art block is killing me rn

Rocky Rickaby - Blue Jay

I've had this AU in mind for a while now and Rocky was probably the one that took the longest for me to settle on a decision for- the blue feathers integrate the blue in his design from his eyes and suit, he keeps his stripes, and the white and black on his face align well with his Anthro design (i could also see the black stripes above the beak curving further up to make his eyebrows idk)

Freckle McMurray - European Robin

I have really mixed feelings on a european robin for him but it's the closest thing to his fur pattern I could find and it's also soft and cute and fluffy. It works

Ivy Pepper - Gray Catbird

I could've gone with practically any gray bird for Ivy since her design is so simple but...they're called CATbirds!!! And they meow!!!! I had to

Mordecai Heller - Pied Butcherbird

The only little tweak I'd make is specifically making him a pied butcherbird with luecism so that you could add in the additional white markings on his face (his eyebrows, undereyes and maybe a bit around the beak). I also think it's funny that they're called butcherbirds and his surname means butcher

Nico Savoy - Harpy Eagle

On top of the flat, ovular face and the light gray feathers on the head + the dark gray feathers on the top of the head all lining up with his anthro design, harpy eagles are FUCKING HUGE which just makes it make more sense to me in my mind. They're massive it's crazy

Serafine Savoy - Secretary Bird

It's perfect. The white and black feathers matching her fur and even the red markings around the eye?? Spot on. It speaks for itself

Mitzi May - Mourning Dove

Not sure how to explain my thought process with this other than...she's mourning Atlas. So she's a mourning dove. And the colors kinda match

Viktor Vasko - Red-Shouldered Hawk

I was torn between a red shouldered hawk and a red tailed hawk but red shouldered hawks are more primarily orange and they also have the black markings on the face that match Viktor (especially the ones around his snout)

Also not pictured here bc I got lazy but Atlas is a great horned owl, Wick is a mallard duck and Lacy is a swan :> thats all i have atm

(@themissingrainfallkingdom !!)

[proton-wobbler]

Duplicate Submissions

Alright, here is the list of duplicate birds that were submitted to this poll:

American Robin, Canada Goose, Dovekie, Eurasian Jay, Hoatzin, Blue-bellied Roller, Smew, Hoopoe, Dark-eyed Junco, Painted Bunting, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Rifleman (Titipoumano), Archeopterix, Hooded Crow, Roseate Spoonbill, Northern Lapwing, European Starling, Steller's Jay, Great Auk, Eclectus Parrot, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Spotted Towhee, Resplendent Quetzal, Vermilion Flycatcher, Kaua'i O'o, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Hooded Pitohui, Rainbow Bee-eater, Long-tailed Tit (Shima Enaga), Sunbittern, Varied Thrush, Pied Currawong, Rock Pigeon, Domestic Chicken, Northern Gannet, Diederik Cuckoo, Yellow-headed Picathartes, Temminck's Tragopan, Greater Lophorina, Parotia, Grey Butcherbird, Green Jay, Horned Screamer, Magnificent Frigatebird, Spinifex Pigeon, Gorgeted Puffleg, Zebra Dove, Common House Martin, Swordbill Hummingbird, Greater Roadrunner, Rufous-crested Coquette, Wallcreeper, Racket-tailed Roller, Himalayan Monal, Crested Pigeon, Inaccessible Island Rail, Brown Creeper, Tufted Titmouse, White Wagtail, Bobolink, Shoebill Stork, Australian Brushturkey, black-throated magpie-jay, Greater Blue-eared Starling, spangled cotinga

This list will continue to be updated, but I'm not going to pin it to the top since technically these guys are not the focus of the poll (I just think they're neat :3). The tag placed on pics of these birds is ELIMINATED, as someone asked about tagging them and I figured out how to use the Mass Post Editor >:3

[anonsally]

Days 14-16 of Australia vacation: back in Sydney

On Day 14, we got up early to fly back to Sydney.

There were some nice views out the window of the plane, and we arrived early enough to go to the beach in the afternoon. On our way to the beach, though, we had to make a stop. Brother-in-law had found a Sydney funnelweb spider (which is the world's most venomous kind) in their outdoor shower, so he had captured it in a container to drop off so that the venom could be harvested for use in making the antidote. Eeek!

While we were looking for parking near the beach, I saw what the in-laws called an Australian bush turkey, though eBird calls it an Australian Brushturkey. The beach was pleasant; the others snorkeled and I just enjoyed being in the water for a bit and then did some tidepooling. I think I saw a sea slug! And there were medium-sized lizards called water dragons on some rocks on our way back to the car. It was nice to see some wildlife even in the city!

Unfortunately, right at bedtime I found some "wildlife" in the bedroom: a spider was perched on a corner of a cushion on the bed, and everyone else was already asleep. It was not a venomous spider, but I couldn't sleep with it on the bed, and I didn't want to wake anyone up. It took me a while to gather up all my courage to pick up the cushion from the other end and take it outside. But I did it!

Day 15 was our last day in Australia. We had a bit of a slow start. Sister-in-law had returned to work, and Brother-in-law had a work event in the morning but was joining us for lunch. We took the train (I saw what I think was a female Australasian figbird in a tree near the station) into town and took a little walk along the water in Barangaroo. Then we walked over to the Queen Victoria Building, where we had reserved a table for High Tea service at lunchtime with Brother-in-law; Sister-in-law joined us for a few minutes to say hello on a break from work. The Tea Room is a huge hall with fancy chandeliers, and it feels both silly and luxuriously indulgent to have a meal there. We ate an exquisite array of little sandwiches, pastries, and scones on ornate china, accompanied by tea (decaf Ceylon for me) and sparkling wine.

Afterwards, Wife and I visited the Powerhouse Museum, which had an eclectic mix of exhibitions on various industries, including a section on Indian textiles, a collection of clothing designed by Australian designer Carla Zambatti, and the first train engine to operate in Australia along with 3 restored passenger cars (1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class).

Then we took the modern commuter rail back, and spent a little while hanging out in a small playground waiting for one of the in-laws to get home since we didn't have a key to the house. While there, I spotted a gray butcherbird, which is a species I hadn't seen yet.

We had a relaxed evening at home. Brother-in-law cooked a scrumptious dinner of risotto, chicken, and broccoli, and we looked at some photos from the trip.

On Day 16, we said goodbye to Sister-in-law before she left for work. We then spent the morning packing; we had to borrow an extra piece of luggage to fit everything. When we were getting ready to leave, I noticed a large bird up in a tree. I unpacked the binoculars to look at it and discovered that it was my first Pied Currawong!

Brother-in-law dropped us off at the airport. He had made arancini (fried risotto balls) from the leftovers from the previous night and put some in a box to bring along, so I had a nice snack on the plane. The flight home was 13 hours long; I dozed for much of it, and it was a good thing I had the arancini because the flight was too turbulent for the flight attendants to serve breakfast before landing! We arrived a few hours before our departure time due to crossing the International Date Line.

All in all, we had a great trip--it really felt like a vacation. I was intrigued to notice how very not interested in the urban sightseeing I felt, but most of the time we weren't in cities, and the scenery, wildlife, and birds were great. Somehow I managed to see at least one new species of bird on each day of the trip!

I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to go back to Tasmania, but if I do, I must find a way to visit Bruny Island for a full-on birdwatching tour.

[drhoz]

Cooleenup Island Species List - BIRDS - June 9th to 11th 2023

12C-18.5C, 2.4mm-12.5mm rain, strong wind on Sunday

(taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022)

Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius Great Egret Ardea alba White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes Swamp Harrier (immature) Circus approximans White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Galah Eolophus roseicapilla Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius Redcap Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae Gray Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

[redrcs]

A walk around Eumungerie

Mallee Ringneck parrots

Pied Butcherbird

Pink Galah

Australian Raven

[pieterpretorius]

The pied butcherbird is a a mid-sized black and white songbird native to Australia

[wildpix]

I love the dawn song of Pied Butcherbirds, a beautiful and melodious start to my Outback mornings. But I have never had an opportunity to observe them up close and it was a wonderful surprise to find a family of 2 adults and 2 youngsters hanging around the Outback waterhole where I had set myself up for the day.

Scores of large greeny yellow dragonflies were patrolling the water, laying eggs, catching midges and going about their busy routines. The Pied Butcherbirds had this all figured out! Working from opposite ends of the waterhole, perched on the windmill and in a large Mulga tree they would fly aerial raids, just like an Outback “Battle of Britain”, and with some skilful aerobatics and an audible snap of the beak, another dragonfly would bite the dust, 6, 7, 8 in a row, an absolute feast!

 Photo by @reandutoit

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[stardestiny24]

Honestly, as someone who lives near at least three different species of cockatoos every day, that was probably the best cockatoo vocals I've heard yet! Good job on absorbing all that choir knowledge haha /gen /pos

There's a huge variety of birds near me, and because of that I can actually mimic a lot of local bird sounds- I'm basically the local cryptid at this point, like, if you hear a disembodied bird sound there's a 50/50 chance it'll be me lol. Unfortunately for me secretary birds don't make a lot of sounds, and the ones they do are super low, which I can get but it makes my throat hurt so I don't really do it :')

What's your favourite sound to make? Mine is probably torn between the Australian Magpie and the Pied Butcherbird.

parents aren’t home you know what that means

COCKATOO VOICE TUTORIAL

(excuse the wet feathers i just took a shower lmao) FEEL FREE TO LMK IF IT WORKS or if i can improve it!! i could try doing tutorials for other voices too

it also works very nicely for a chihuahua “owa owa” bark impression LMAO

[tuxedo-birds]

Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

© David taylor