Greetings,
Last night I was awake in the early morning and heard a male Barking Owl
calling. He developed that insistent tone of voice I’ve heard in the females
when they are after a response. [Before pedants jump on me for not knowing what
an owl is thinking, this is based on interpretations of observations of
behaviour where the female has flown to the male and shouted in his ear until
he did respond] Soon two females replied, conveniently for me one on either
side of the house. The male stopped almost as soon as they called for about ten
second sand then commenced calling again. The eastern female responded so
quickly that she was calling over the second of his syllables while the western
female dropped the ‘f’ on the end of the first syllable and ran them together
so it was like ’woowoof’ repeated faster than the normal patter so she was even
further out of synch than the eastern female. After about 30 seconds of this
the western female stopped calling and may have left the battle. When this
happened the others stopped soon afterwards before commencing in a normal
pattern except that the male was still leading the call.
Other Tablelands notes:-
4 Shovelers and 4 Freckled Duck on Hasties Swamp
6 Bustard on Forsayth Rd (Pratincoles seem to have left)
1 Black Falcon near junction of Marks Lane and Atherton – Kairi Rd
Diamond doves reported from Tinaroo Creek Road
Regards,
Alan
Alan's Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
Phone 07 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/
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