Amazing Bird
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Amazing indeed. Their territory and mine overlap - there are several living within a few hundred metres of here. The male's mating dance display is awesome. I've only seen that once, but I often see (and more often hear) lyrebirds when I'm out and about (away from the highway). The funniest one was seeing a group of about 20 tourists dive into pockets and handbags when one [edit: a lyrebird, that is /] played the default Nokia ringtone. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
modified on Monday, August 8, 2011 1:24 AM
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The mockingbird comes close to that. It lives closer to people than the one presented in this video, and as well as wolf howls, dog & cat imitations, it also does lawn mowers, weed eaters and other domesticated machinery. The mockingbird[^] is the state bird of Texas, and is quite common.
-- Harvey