Glad to hear, Frank, that it was your first time - until July this year I was also a non-initiate, despite constantly hearing about people hearing oriole mimicry. I was in a tiny place called Wallarobba near Dungog in the Hunter Valley when I first listened to and watched this long-awaited spectacle. Still don't have it ticked off on my ACT-heard-vocal-exceptions list though : )
On 03/12/2007, <m("fwi.net.au","fantram");">> wrote:
I saw an Olive-backed Oriole at Mulligan's Flat yesterday indulging in some impressive mimicry. I note that Pizzey states 'subsong includes mimicry' but this didn't sound like subsong to me. There were two Orioles – one at the top of a tree singing 'normal' Oriole song, and another lower down that was also singing strongly, but including a lot of mimicry, notably Grey Butcherbird song and Crimson Rosella calls. This is the first time I can recall ever hearing mimicry by Orioles. They carried on like this for several minutes as I stood transfixed by the display. Is it more likely that this was a pair, rather than two males? Do females sing?
Regards
Frank Antram
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