Yes, it is interesting. The sort of call that might cause a mob of
cattle to panic would be somewhat different to the sort of call that
John Young reportedly recorded.
Regards, Laurie.
On 22/07/2013, at 6:28 PM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
While looking for something else I came across this article in the
Sydney
Morning Herald in 26th January 1935.
"But the cry of the powerful owl which the bushland knows as the
screecher,
is the voice of a nightmare Its loud weird screeches break abruptly
from the
dense timber often rising to an alarming ear splitting shriek. Far
inland
the peculiar whistling call of the myrlumbing or night parrot
startles the
camper and has caused many a drovers mob to break away in sudden
panic."
Leaving aside the possible mis-identification of the Barking Owl, the
implication is that Night Parrots may have been more common once. or
mis-identified as well.
Chris Lloyd
wiyanga.com.au
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