Gina,
I heard 3 young Southern Boobooks making a noise similar to what you
describe a few weeks ago while wating to be fed by their parents. Not
the characteristic SB call, but SBs just the same. The parents made a
similar contact call but without the whistle.
John Brannan
Gina Wyatt wrote:
Hello all,
I am a complete newbie in this bird-spotting bizzo! I have just
returned from walking the dogs having spotted some kind of owl (my very
first ever!). We were doing the circuit of Chauvel Circle in Chapman
when we heard a bizarre hoarse trilling whistling call. We thought it
might some loud, strange cicada or bat perhaps - we could hear another
calling off to the west - and very quietly continued on our way. As we
walked the calling was tending to move forward away from us. Keeping
our eyes peeled we finally spotted something winged moving between the
trees. By the time we reached Darwinia Tce the unidentified flying
object was perched on the big gum near the Darwinia Tce underpass. I
got a reasonable look at it (long enough for it to have a good look at
me too, and a lovely owly blink) but as it was so dim, all I can say
for certain is it was an owl, a reasonably small one, probably greyish
brown in colour with possibly some banding on the feathers?, and
continued to make this very high-pitched, trilling hoarse whistle. It
then flew off to the north-west.
I've listened to the calls of the Southern Boobook and Tawny Frogmouth
on the COG website and it most definitely wasn't one of those. Can
anyone tell me what my exciting sighting was of?
Cheers
Gina
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