Cracticus torquatus

2 Grey Butcherbird at Red Hill, ACT

Cracticus torquatus at Red Hill, ACT - 11 May 2019
Cracticus torquatus at Red Hill, ACT - 11 May 2019
Cracticus torquatus at Red Hill, ACT - 11 May 2019
Cracticus torquatus at Red Hill, ACT - 11 May 2019
Cracticus torquatus at Red Hill, ACT - 11 May 2019
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Cracticus torquatus 17 May 2019 Illilanga
Cracticus torquatus 16 May 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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I wondered if the bird was looking for a convenient broken branch or thorn-like protrusion on the tree to act as a hook so the bird could more easily tear at the lizard’s flesh. Once the butcherbird was doing something on a vertical branch but its beak was behind the branch and I could not move around to obtain a better shot. The lizard emerged still in one piece so I am not sure the bird had found its “hook”.

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