That was the lyre bird. This is the liar bird:
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This was a meme I posted back on my birthday last year (May 11, 2006) - it's a shame not to move it to the new archives here....
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Carel Brest van Kempen tagged me with the 10 bird meme. A DC Birding Blog started the meme and is collecting the responses (…
tags: Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
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Image: Rick Wright [larger view].
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tags: Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
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Image: Dave Rintoul, 25 October 2008 [larger view].
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