Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\

[Merrilyn Serong <>]

For what it's worth, I thought I could hear Rose Robin in there. I am 
familiar with Rose Robins, but not with Royal National Park.
Cheers,
Merrilyn

On 8/09/2012 6:53 PM, Mick Roderick wrote:
> Hi Peter (Graeme, Marc et al),
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> This has been bugging me...I've listened to that call over and over now!
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> I was one of the original supporters of Rose Robin (not Pink, which I think was a typo you made Peter) and no, I haven't changed my mind - I still think it belongs to a Rose Robin. I can hear a suggestion of the female Brush Cuckoo call (especially in the first call) but it still just leaves me thinking it's a Rose Robin, albeit not 'typical' (perhaps a young bird learning the ropes?). There is a lot of variation in Rose Robin calls, which is evident from the various recordings I have been accessing during this exercise (the one on Graeme's website is a very interesting one for example).
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> I'm sure I'm hearing the "chip, chip, chip-chip" lead-up-to-the-trill call in there, consistently before the trill, but admittedly not immediately before it.
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> Also, the fact that there is a "double-trill" and importantly, on two pitches, leans more to the robin I would have thought.
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> And the regularity that the call is made (at even intervals only a few seconds apart) pushes me to the robin.
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> One thing that worries me though is Marc's confident assertion that the cuckoo is the call he heard on the day.
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> Gulp...."help" Rose Robin supporters?!? ;-)
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> Mick
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> I had no idea female Brush Cuckoos made that call, and I agree it's closer than Pink Robin, which seems to have a faster trill.
> This call isn't on the BOCA CD track, and isn't mentioned in P&K (maybe hinted 
> at). I'd be interested to know if the others who thought it was a robin have 
> changed their minds now they've heard Graeme's track.
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> Graeme, are all those recordings yours? That's an impressive collection.
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> Peter Shute
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