Grey Butcherbird, an example of why it probably got its name, 141224.

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This Grey Butcherbird fledgling was busy this afternoon (under a tree) pulling the leg of a blackbird onto the sharp broken section of a tree branch on the ground.
This is a common procedure for these birds, I was was pleased to get some reasonable images of the process.

Arriving on the branch with the blackbirds leg.
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Pulling the leg into place.
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A short break in the eating process.
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A check to see if anything is left on the leg.
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The leg impaled on the broken end of the branch after all the meat had been eaten.
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