Qld Hervey Bay Butcher Birds singing

[angelafoxmusic]

I raised one of these gorgeous birds from a baby. She had been washed out of atree along with her mud nest in a storm and her siblings were dead. What a big personality. She was a buddy for awhile, came when I called, then gradually returned to the wild. It was a privilege. The music was awesome.

[cheaptshirt]

Poor things trying to be heard over motorbikes and traffic. Love their beautiful songs.

[davidhynd]

Both Magpies and Butcher Birds produce sounds that thrill and delight. Such beautiful sounds!

[sigeberhtmercia]

It's easy to see the similarity both in looks and sound to the Australian Magpie. (Unlike the European magpie they are not part of the Corvid family).

[johndavis]

That was just lovely.
It's nice to be entertained by one Butcherbird, but three what a bonus.
Excellent footage 👍😀🇦🇺

[railwaychristina]

Adorable! They look just like the three tenors, down to the dinner jackets..

[Ariesmount]

What a beautiful song! I am not familiar with these birds. Thank you so much for capturing this footage and sharing it! It’s a real upper in my morning.

[savitriperera]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful nature’s bird song!! It’s so nice to hear the birds singing anytime of the day.

[wizrom]

It's a family unit, that seems to have lost a youngling. They all sing loudly, then stop and listen for a response.

[GuyDude-hkuy]

This is absolutely (at least to my ears, and expectedly) *not* in any standard temperament, but my best approximation of the start of this melody is:
Bb - E - F - Eb - Bb - B
I'm too tired to transcribe the last couple notes, but that is absolutely wild in how great it sounds despite being so unconventional. Beautiful. Closest thing is the octatonic scale, I guess. Perhaps the birbs are thinking "alternating half-whole steps" but I don't know. Crazy how the very first interval is the "most dissonant" in music: the b5/#4. To anyone not familiar with music theory (I imagine most of this sounded like gobbledygook) that's the "devil's interval" so often spoke about - the very first two notes of this melody comprise that interval.

[hcrun]

I use a butcher bird's call as my ring-tone. People have been startled when my phone rings in a shop!😀

[propertyofranger]

What a treat to have them up so close to you! Thank you for sharing their beautiful performance.

[loriwoloshyn]

That's the coolest thing, how they all chime in, like on cue.

[tracybrewer]

Sure do miss these birds. Mum tamed a few and they would spend most of the day with us. She could hand feed them and they would sleep on our window sill and outside table. Beautiful birds. And had two kookaburras as well. Australia has amazing birds

[KatherineUribe-]

Such a beautiful song! I've never heard it before. Thank you for sharing this with us!🤗

[kelvinmills]

Beautiful birds and sounds, thank you.

[anacarpenter]

2024 Monday 12 May what a lovely nature bird watching part of the day. Outstanding singing. Thank you 😊

[sherryhaines]

This is so cute...like they are a singing Trio .
God has such a sense of humor 😄

[pamelataylor]

Love butcher birds, I used to have one come and visit me every morning when I lived in Qld. He/she used to sing me a song most mornings. Used to eat the dogs dry food but only when I was inside. N3ver took it if I was outside. We had @ 70 k8lo dog in the yard that jus5 let the bird fly down and eat as much food as the bird wanted. The dog hated the magpies but loved this bird. Think the magpies attacked him a couple of times cos he was afraid of them. Thanks for this video..

[hellohello]

Beautiful birds put on quite the show. 👍