Apologies for the late advice, but on the morning of Friday 21 December, I
observed a flock of 12 Royal Spoonbills flying over Page in a roughly westerly
direction.
Spent New Year's camping at Myanba Gorge in Southeast Forests NP where the
birdlife was, as always, fantastic. Am totally stumped however, by a call
heard at approximately 1:30am on New Year's morning. It was sufficiently loud
to wake me (and no, I had not had a big night). I am not very good at
describing calls, but it was a relatively high-pitched, oscillating "chIG -
wrrRRrrRRrrRR", repeated a number of times. The first part was quite sharp.
It was unlike any nightbird I had heard before and I was assuming it was
mammalian (on the basis that I am not as familiar with the possibilities there)
until I realised how rapidly the source of the call was moving through the bush
and above ground level. Open to all suggestions....
Cheers.
Paul
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