Dear Andrew,
Could you please tell me what acoustic communication conference this was? I am
studying a bird that duets and therefore would like to know more about it if
you don't mind. Much appreciated.
Angela
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> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:07:37 +1000
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Unknown call
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> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 05:07:00PM +0800, wrote:
> > The call is a double note: chew, chew! Almost
> > like that of a whipbird but without the lead up to the crack. It makes
> > the double note and then stops for about 5-10 seconds and then makes
> > the two notes again.
>
> The double note is the female Whipbird contribution to the familiar
> duet and you sometimes hear females calling without a male calling
> (yellow robin is a very plausible too).
>
> On the subject of duets, I'm at an acoustic communication conference where
> Peter Slater - not the Australian field guide author, the UK biologist &
> author of an excellent book on birdsong gave a keynote talk on duetting.
> He talking mainly about duetting in the wren family (Troglodytidae)
> ranging from simple to elaborate but he finished this is by saying
> the most interesting work on function of duets was this work on an
> Australian bird:
>
http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/no-larking-matter-a-duets-dire-precision/2007/06/04/1180809433923.html
>
> Andrew
>
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