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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE DEDICATION CONTENTS FOREWORD: BIRD CENTRAL—ROBYN WILLIAMS PREAMBLE

SLEEPY RED-BROWED FINCHES—LINDA KENDALL POLITE BUTCHERBIRDS—SALUAY HALL INJURED COCKATOO—JOHANN STEWART

CHAPTER 1: THE FRIENDLY BIRD

JOHN COLTRANE, THE MUSICAL MAGPIE—BILL COLEMAN OUT OF THE RAINFOREST—DAVE TRIBE SCREECHING CORELLAS—HANNAH TRIBE JULY THE MAGPIE—ANTHEA TOMKINS

CHAPTER 2: THE COOPERATIVE BIRD

MOST UNUSUAL OF MAGPIES—DAVID AND HILARY AMBLER OSCAR THE MAGGIE—JILL FAVERO

CHAPTER 3: THE NETWORKING BIRD

KING PARROTS—JANE DOW OVERRUN WITH PARROTS—CAYLEIGH MASON A COCKY LITTLE BIRD!—CAROLE LAWRENCE

CHAPTER 4: THE DINOSAUR BIRD

PERFECTLY NAMED: CATBIRD—MARGARET WARNER IN MY GARDEN: SATIN BOWERBIRD—WAYNE GREEN BOWERBIRD—JULIE RUSSELL AN URBAN BOWER—CAROL KERSTHOLT

CHAPTER 5: THE 1788 BIRD

BIRDS EAT OUR FRUIT—DAWN AND RALPH ANGUS YELLOW-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO—KAY WATSON LIVING IN AN AVIARY—SUE WOODS

CHAPTER 6: THE NECTAR-LOVING BIRD

DEATH OF A DUSKY—ALLAN PRATT WATTLEBIRDS IN MY GARDEN—LUSI PERRIN HONEYEATER CALL—CHERYL HOWELL

CHAPTER 7: THE BATHING BIRD

HOT DAY IN THE BUSH!—CHRIS MCCRACKEN THE DAY EMUS CAME TO TOWN—HELEN DAY BATHING YELLOW THORNBILLS—LOU CITROEN

CHAPTER 8: THE TALKING BIRD

HARVEY THE COCKATOO—TONY HEALY OUR MAGPIES SINGING—JUDY MARGOLIS DANCING LYREBIRD—LEON TREMBATH

CHAPTER 9: THE PERSONALITY BIRD

WATCHING MAGPIES—JUDY SZEKERES TWO-TONE MAGGIE—SUSAN RADAMANTHOS BELLA AND THE CROWS—JEANETTE PUMP

CHAPTER 10: THE SELF-AWARE BIRD

‘YOU TALKING TO ME?’—GARRY KNIGHT MONTE AND PAT—ELIZABETH GOSSELL IN-LOVE ROSELLAS—BEV MCKAY

CHAPTER 11: THE CUCKOOED BIRD

CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO CHAOS—DI ROBINSON SCRUBWRENS AND PALLID CUCKOO—ISABEL TEMPLE CUCKOO STORY—JANET SPINAZE

CHAPTER 12: THE CHEATING BIRD

FAMILY LIFE OF MY FAIRY-WRENS—JAMES JONES BULLY FAIRY-WRENS—BRIGID KROHN MY FAMILY OF MAGPIES—SARAH HOMES

CHAPTER 13: THE GRIEVING BIRD

THE DEATH OF A CROW—SNESKA SALIBA COCKIE FUNERAL—DENNIS JOHNSTON CALL OF THE WILD—JANE NOYES ARCHIE AND MISSY THE MAGPIES—ELF AND MARY STELLA

CHAPTER 14: THE PLAYFUL BIRD

TENNIS BALLS AND GALAHS—DAVID MCLEAN COCKIE DEMONSTRATES HIS AERIAL SKILL AND DARING—BRETT HART GREY CURRAWONG AND STICK—JULIE CONSTABLE CROW AND CARPET SNAKE—MAL JONES KOOK AND FAKE SNAKE—LOWANA CHAPMAN

CHAPTER 15: THE URBAN BIRD

BULLY CRESTED PIGEONS—GILBERT PORTER TORNEAU, THE VERY FRIENDLY TAWNY FROGMOUTH—THERESA BINT DAD AND HIS KIDS—LESLEY WESTBROOK

CHAPTER 16: THE INNOVATIVE BIRD

SWALLOWS TEACH PARROTS—RAYMOND ESHMAN PARDALOTES IN THE NEST BOX—JULIE STEVENS THE BIRDS HAVE MOVED IN—BARB AND DANNY SCHMIDT SMART AUSTRALIAN RAVEN—KAY WATSON

CHAPTER 17: THE LOVED BIRD

WHY SHE FEEDS BIRDS—MAGGIE PAVLOU THE GARDENER’S FRIEND—KAY WASTON OUR MAGPIES—JUDY MARGOLIS BUTCHERBIRDS AND MAGGIES WORKING AS A TEAM!—JAN GORREL THE PRIVILEGE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH A DYING KING PARROT—VIVIEN DAVIDSON ALL IN A LINE—MARION OATES

POSTAMBLE

MAGPIE VERSUS KOOKABURRA—SANDIE AND BRUCE BABY MAGGIE HAS A NAP—LOWANA CHAPMAN VISITING BIRDS—DALE RABBETT

ACCOUNTS OF BIRDS FROM EARLY BRITISH EXPLORERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ENDNOTES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INDEX