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Death in the Garden

Attack of the Butcher
I was woken up in the morning by the sound of something hitting my bedroom window - very hard.
When I opened the curtains, this is what I beheld.

It seemed a Grey Butcher Bird (Cracticus torquatus) had driven a Spotted
Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) into my window at high speed.
The Butcher Bird immediately started to pluck feathers off its victim - some which it ate
- until it could pierce its skin and get at the flesh and gut.

The photographs are not really clear, due to being taken through the window glass.
Death in the Garden I
Death in the Garden I
Death in the Garden II
Death in the Garden II
Death in the Garden III
Death in the Garden III
Death in the Garden IV
Death in the Garden IV
Death in the Garden V
Death in the Garden V
Death in the Garden VI
Death in the Garden VI