Full Bodied Butcherbird

Some mornings near Gerrungup in North Fremantle, or at Galbamaanup Lake Claremont, or up here on Bold Park I hear the grey butcherbird calling from some far-off, high, cymbolic starry place into this world, filling it with song. And on this day he’s really letting it rip through—full-throated, full-breasted, full-skied, song.