Redbacked Kingfisher

["alan morris" <>]

Julie,

I have heard that noise in spring before, a pair used to nest in a dry 
creek, just west of the Warrumbungles NP where I was the Manager, in the 
period 1975-1982. I always assumed that it is an advertising  territory 
call.
HANZAB calls it an "adult whistle call", "consisting of one downwardly 
inflected note... often repeated ...seemingly incessant series. More noisy 
at the start of the breeding season, once mate arrives, nesting activities 
begin and so calls heard less often."
Alan Morris