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Mimicry in Australian Raven (and NZ Tui's)

To: "Steve Creber" <>
Subject: Mimicry in Australian Raven (and NZ Tui's)
From:
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:32:08 +1100
Check out this video of a speaking tui...sounds amazingly human.

http://www.whangareinativebirdrecovery.org.nz/woofwoofvids.html





I thought ravens said "nevermore"...

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of kurtis Lindsay
Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 5:50 PM
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Subject: Mimicry in Australian Raven

Hi all,

My friend & I were sitting in my backyard this afternoon when we heard a
very unusual thing.
There was a juvenile and an adult Australian Raven perched in a small
eucalypt the juv was making the standard semi-adult calls that young
ravens make, then all of a sudden I heard the word "hello" uttered out
of it.
My friend and myself sat quietly for a few minutes and surely enough,
after a few squawks another "hello" was heard.
This went on for a little while and about 4 "hello's" were heard until
the two birds flew off.
The juvenile raven and its parent have visited my yard nearly everyday
for over a month collecting food from the backlawn, however this is the
first I have heard one do this (ever).

I am aware the Corvids are intelligent, but I have never heard of a wild
corvid immitating human speech.

I plan to listen out to hear more and attempt to catch a video.

Regards,

Kurtis Lindsay
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