I've been wanting to record the sound of quails flushing, because it always
startles me so that I can't quite remember what it sounded like afterwards.
I've taken to running my recorder whenever I walk through suitable vegetation.
Yesterday I flushed a single quail at Cheetham Wetlands in Altona and got a
recording. It would have to be either a Brown Quail, which I've seen there many
times, or a Stubble Quail, which could be there, but I haven't seen or heard
one myself.
I was under the impression that it called as it flushed, but all I hear on the
recording is wings beating and a very brief squeak that might be the rubber
bands of the microphone shock mount stretching as I swung it, then a couple of
squawks when it landed.
Would anyone like to have a listen and give me their opinions? The recording is
here:
http://soundcloud.com/petershute/111105-02
Peter Shute
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