Grey Butcher Birds

We now have 8 butcher birds who come at least 5 times every day and call us for their snacks.. We have the original pair who had a clutch of 3 hatchlings in Spring of 2012. One of those disappeared after a couple of months. In Spring of 2013, they had another 4 babies. As we still had the first 2 plus the next 2, this brought our numbers up to 8. It was the sweetest thing to see the 2 younger ones heoping the parents to feed the fledglings. Now they all feed themselves and my mince bill is forever rising!!! As to their sex, 2 of my older ones havea spatteringof black feathers on their necks while the other 2 have quite white necks. Does this have anything to do with their sex?? Sandy _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org