Thanks for your response, Peter. The call
I hear around here differs from that of the recording of the Red Wattlebird in
that the call I am ‘chasing’ is much more regular in tempo. Perhaps
like a scratchy brass door knocker (not sure if that description helps).
It is quite possible that the call and the
image I have described are of different birds.
David McDonald has suggested the call
sounds like the end of the call of the White-eared Honeyeater. It is certainly very
similar to that rapid end of the Honeyeater’s call. However I am not
convinced that it is the same. The call ‘bugging’ me doesn’t
have the other parts of the White-eared Honeyeater call although, at times, I
have heard a short prelude to the ‘knocking’ part. The repetitive part
of the White-eared Honeyeater call is probably a little more rapid than ‘my’
elusive call.
I don’t think it is the Pallid
Cuckoo (another of David’s suggestions) either. “my” bird’s
call is more regular in pitch (here am I, with a terrible ‘ear’
trying to describe pitch & tone) and there is only one series of ‘knocks’
per call.
I just might have to go roaming with binoculars
and camera in hand to resolve my dilemma. Gee, I think I have discovered an
interest that I would never have dreamt of taking up. J
Thanks again for your help.
Cheers,
Graham
From: Peter Ormay
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Sent: Saturday, 15 November 2008
3:45 PM
To: Graham Wright;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds]
matching the call to an image (& name)
The call you describe and yellow on the it's belly seems
like a Red Wattlebird.
