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From: Tom Tarrant <>
Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Subject: Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\
To: Merrilyn Serong <>
We get a lot of Rose Robins here (in winter) and I haven't heard them make
that call, Brush Cuckoo for me.
Tom
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Merrilyn Serong <>wrote:
> 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),
>> This has been bugging me...I've listened to that call over and over now!
>> 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).
>> 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.
>> Also, the fact that there is a "double-trill" and importantly, on two
>> pitches, leans more to the robin I would have thought.
>> And the regularity that the call is made (at even intervals only a few
>> seconds apart) pushes me to the robin.
>> One thing that worries me though is Marc's confident assertion that the
>> cuckoo is the call he heard on the day.
>> Gulp...."help" Rose Robin supporters?!? ;-)
>> Mick
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\
>> 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.
>>
>> Graeme, are all those recordings yours? That's an impressive collection.
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
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