# Today in nature I saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 512
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/512 "2021-04-08T03:42:45Z")
We have a pair of butcherbirds that nest in a big tree in our yard. Arthur and Martha. Martha in particular is almost entirely fearless of people, and has been since before we met her so I suspect she had good experiences with people from a young age. We feed them a little (not enough they become dependent) particularly when they are breeding. They have one youngster in tow at the moment. Martha, for all I love her, is a greedy bitch. She will snatch food thrown to the other two without a qualm. Butcherbirds have a lovely song and mimic other birds. This is Martha in full voice: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/piN7icAJlsY/maxresdefault.jpg "Martha in Concert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piN7icAJlsY) If you know Brisbane birds, you can recognise almost every Brisbane backyard birdcall in this video, all being made by Martha. Sorry about the weird quacking and whistling noises I make, they encourage her to keep going. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854)._