While our Perrin Creek bushcare group was removing Dyschoriste depressa from the top of the creek we encountered a family group of Butcherbirds. One of these was willing to risk human presence to feed on un-covered prey (probably insects and grubs in the leaf litter). I had thought that it might have been a Grey Butcherbird, but the buff-coloured breast patch marks it out as a juvenile of the Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis). Later on, this patch will turn black when the bird reaches maturity. This individual is probably just recently independent of its parents for food, but may stay with them to help rear siblings.
This group of birds, including some adults, came very close to the bushcare workers. Presumably, they communicated in complex ways about the situation given the variety of calls that they made. I suspect that they were excited because we were disturbing leaves which were usually left undisturbed, under a large Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla).