They look just like friars with their featherless faces and regal white gorgets! But they are certainly more chatty than our somewhat more sombre human religious clerics!

Also unlike their human counterparts, they are also prone to noisy, squabbly mealtimes – definitely lacking in table manners!

This month’s edition of Jim Butler’s Feather Fascination provides a fascinating insight into the behaviours and history of the Noisy Friarbird. 

Click here for a very entertaining read!

  Photo courtesy of Ed Frazer