Tasmanian high country bird call

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Subject:	Tasmanian high country bird call
From:	David McDonald <>
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 1997 08:53:40 +1100

Over Christmas I had the pleasure of walking the Overland Track in
Tasmania from Cradle Mt. to Lake St. Claire.   The weather was poor and
the number of birds was low. One of the common bird calls in the
Eucalyptus forest sounded exactly like "shit-a-brick".  The only bird I
could see was the Yellow Throated Honeyeater.  The field guides and the
BOCA tapes give one of the calls of this species as "pick-it-up".  Can
anyone to on the list advise if it was likely to be the Yellow Throated
Honeyeater that we were hearing or if there is a different species which
has a call more like "shit-a-brick" than "pick-it-up"?
Thank you.
David
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