http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/subsong-of-a-grey-shrike-thrush Bringing nature to you in sounds and images Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:13:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/subsong-of-a-grey-shrike-thrush/comment-page-1#comment-1838 Frosty Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:07:50 +0000 http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/?p=135#comment-1838 I have a very friendly Grey Shrike-Thrush that comes to visit me literally on and off all day,every day. He/she? just turned up about 2 months ago and started to feed out of my hand practically straight away. It now even comes inside my house to say g'day and avail itself of seeds or chopped up meat or live curl grubs I dig up for birds. I'm very mindful of not over supplying friendly wild birds with too much food,but the Shrike likes to have a nibble at plenty of a variety of stuff and comes and goes after a nibble. It might be just because it's winter time but I have yet to hear this Shrikes song or call. Unlike my Magpie mate who definitely has me at his beck and call. All other birds that come to visit me,like this Magpie I call Zebe,who comes when called(short for zebra,for his plumage) do their calls but not Shrikey. I have a very friendly Grey Shrike-Thrush that comes to visit me literally on and off all day,every day.
He/she? just turned up about 2 months ago and started to feed out of my hand practically straight away.
It now even comes inside my house to say g’day and avail itself of seeds or chopped up meat or live curl grubs I dig up for birds.
I’m very mindful of not over supplying friendly wild birds with too much food,but the Shrike likes to have a nibble at plenty of a variety of stuff and comes and goes after a nibble.
It might be just because it’s winter time but I have yet to hear this Shrikes song or call.
Unlike my Magpie mate who definitely has me at his beck and call.
All other birds that come to visit me,like this Magpie I call Zebe,who comes when called(short for zebra,for his plumage) do their calls but not Shrikey.

]]> http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/subsong-of-a-grey-shrike-thrush/comment-page-1#comment-1640 Amber Coakley Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:21:48 +0000 http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/?p=135#comment-1640 I think I may have heard "subsong" before...but didn't know that is what it was called. I thought of it as a murmuring, though I can't remember any detail. These subsongs are lovely - and the butcherbird subsong is exquisite! Maybe birds use subsongs in windy conditions because they do not have to sing loud for the song to carry far away...? I think I may have heard “subsong” before…but didn’t know that is what it was called. I thought of it as a murmuring, though I can’t remember any detail. These subsongs are lovely – and the butcherbird subsong is exquisite! Maybe birds use subsongs in windy conditions because they do not have to sing loud for the song to carry far away…?

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