baby butcher bird
only one day out of his nest
searching for worms
his family live nearby
constantly sing
their songs of joy
they return each year
to breed right here
their song endears
bird song
baby butcher bird
only one day out of his nest
searching for worms
his family live nearby
constantly sing
their songs of joy
they return each year
to breed right here
their song endears
Beautiful
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Did you get to watch them hatch? Baby Butcher… Do you have any other picture of them? They are so cute, I hope you will get to watch years of Baby Butchers hatch!
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no they swoop you if you get too close but do have photos of another bird I watched hatching 🙂
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That’s so cool. At my house we have so many nests becase we abut a marsh and conservation land. We have some cool baby bird hatchins over the spring. I loved reading your posts on the baby butcher!
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thanks, sounds like an amazing place to live 🙂
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It really is. In our back yard, we have some marsh land and we have a nesting osprey. We have a telescome and we got to see one up close it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Really the only bad part about living where I live is the bugs. How about you? What are the birds like where you live?
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there are many many birds and wildlife here in Australia … I love the albatross, but none near where I live now 🙂
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Wow the wild life in Australia must be so different from where I live in New Hamshire!
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very different but I’m sure you’ve watch documentaries on it 🙂
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would you mind telling me a bit about what we can do to help or to prevent the Australian wild fires?
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hopefully they will be addressing that, but we do need regular burn offs and clearing if people insist on building in the bush … frankly I believe the bushlands should be preserved for wildlife and people can enjoy it on visits!
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Baby Butcher… there is something so interesting about that (even if it’s a bird=
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Those bird songs are endearing!
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I love watching birds.
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these ones are so beautiful to listen to 🙂
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What are they?
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butcher bird, maybe utube has a recording of its song …
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I like how the family of birds keeps coming back.
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many birds return to the same area to procreate, safety maybe …
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Beautiful poem kate, conjures up memories from our travels up north WA Especially love their sweet sounds at night, I learned that the parent butcher birds sing to ward of predators to their nests. I would open my caravan window at night just to hear their songs to each other. Thanks for your reminder xo
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their song is sheer magic, a real serenade!
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“Shrikes (/ʃraɪk/) are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of 33 species in four genera. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for “butcher”, and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of their feeding habits.”
I haven’t seen any shrikes or loggerheads (relatives of your birdie) around my feeders. But there are some ‘relatives’ in the States 🙂
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Aww! Lucky you, Kate!
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What kind of bird is it? I’ve never seen such a one before… it definitely does endear!
Love, light and glitter
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a butcher bird, he will lose his baby grey feathers as he matures 🙂
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the beauty of nature and its steadfast repetition, what I call the hum of life – oh Kate you write these episodes so beautifully
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Your writing invigorates, Kate, as do the fellow-creatures they celebrate.
It’s always cool to watch hatchlings come around for seeds and whatnot, then. in turn, for them to bring over their own offspring maybe a couple years later.
I haven’t seen any, mind you, though my friend tells me she’s seen flying squirrels at her feeder, at night. Meanwhile, my TV often sits for days, unwatched. How can it possibly hope to offer anything as compelling?
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Those annual friends, birds are special. 🙂
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I love my feathered friends … who needs pets when all animals warm our hearts 🙂
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Exactly, and why pen and cage when they’re all around. I think the pet industry is an environmental nightmare.
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Lovely!
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So cute. I love the butcher birds – especially their songs.
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Aw, so beautiful and sweet…your poem and the birdie!
Their songs endear and they endure and I’m glad for both!
HUGS!!! 🙂 ❤
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I had a family of butcher birds live beside my patio two years ago … maybe they are following me about which is ok by me because I so love their song!
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Such a wonderful poem and the bird is looking so nice, Kate.
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This is such a heart warming poem, Kate.
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So amazing, soul refreshing.❤️
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Cute poem.
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what a 🙂 happy poem!
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