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Yeah
on a second listen it is a bit different to the normal call. I didn't
realise there had to be moonlight tho - I'll keep an eye and an ear out for
that.
Sounds like a Willie Wagtail. Not the usual phrases in the call though.
They can call all night if there's moonlight.
Anthony
Dear
birdsong experts,
there is a bird calling at night (from 11pm) in
Narrabundah near the shops. It is sitting in a european tree. As I have a
progressed form of birdsong-Alzheimers, I just can't identify it. It is also
not on the Birdsongs of Canberra tape. However, I have attached a WAV file
with a record of the song. After recording the sound under the tree, I played
it back to myself to see if the recording was successful. However, the target
bird must have heard that, too, and it became reeeaaallly excited, calling
lounder and faster. But why? Is it calling for a mate or is this a territorial
song? Or neither?
I am sure most of you are familiar with the song, and
I would be grateful to learn which bird it is and why it is calling at
night.
Thanks
Jochen
Jochen J. Brocks
Research School of Earth
Sciences
Building 61, Mills Road
The Australian National
University
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
(w) (+61) 2 6125 7946
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(+61) 2 6295 7089
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