Re: Foxes, ladies and weapons

Peggy wrote:
Some types are I have them here . Some people call them magpie larks. I
think they are the same thing.
Peggy

Not really although they do all look similar.

These descriptions are for Australian birds. Magpies are large, a little smaller than the crow, 36-44cm and adults have no white on the face but some on the back and/or neck and a large beak. Magpie-larks are smaller 27cm and always have some white on the throat or near the eye and a small beak. Then the Butcherbird which sings so lovely (as do our Magpies) is in between in size, still black and white but there are at least four different types of them, the Pied and the Grey being the two most common; all have a large beak and their black and white markings vary from race to race.

Ginny
(who did bird watching for years when she was younger and less troubled by the cold :-) )
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