It is very rewarding and disconcerting to be involved  with wild Shamas.  The males are one of the

most beautiful birds in bird-dom (per me). They really are. And their calls are so melodious. They all have their own personalities - a combination of uniqueness and biological drives. Shamas for all of their beauty and pretty calls are not, I repeat not, a social bird except when young. As they become preteens, then teens then subadults their social interactions more and more are about honing their skills to displace another Shama.  With the Fluffbutts, this has been more in evidence than the prior clutches. Now that they are sub-adults they are in constant battles for supremacy. And those lovely melodies?  In Shamaese they are clearly telling others of their kind  "Get out of here or I will kill you" and "Hey! Those mealworms are MINE! " I will kill you over them. I mean it". And yet we adore them.