Dear Harriett,
The red wattlebird is common around the end of Glebe Point
Hal Wootten
Harriette Phelps wrote:
> Dear Experts,
>
> I have this bird that sings outside near my bed-sit (end of Glebe
> Point Road) only about 20 minutes at the absolute break of day (street
> lights still on, 5 - 5:15 this AM) and at no other time with this
> distinctive tank-tank-tank-tank call repeated 4 or 5 times, a monotonous
> but loud call, and is driving me bonkers to ID. I have watched it a couple
> of mornings: it sits and calls conspicuously on the dead branch at the top
> of the tree across the road but it is too dark to see many details. It
> looks like a largish honeycreeper with some white on the head and maybe a
> chest red (?) patch. And it sometimes flutters its wings between calling.
> Anybody with a clue?
>
> Thanks again to the group! Harriette
>
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