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Duskies and squeaking

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Subject: Duskies and squeaking
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 18:33:26 +1000

In my experience the WEHer is the local woodland bird most likely to be attracted by a good omnidirectional squeak.  My ranking:

 

1.        WEHer

2.       Ruf Whistler

3.       G Whistler/GST

Also, other honeyeaters, foxes, P Currawongs.  Thornbills, if nearby.   Not so much in Canberra but elsewhere, butcherbirds and feral cats.

 

From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Friday, 1 May 2009 6:12 PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Duskies and squeaking

 

This morning (May Day) I took myself across a foggy Hoskinstown Plain towards Rossi for a Greening Australia Survey.  Through the murk I noticed several Gang-gangs diing in the hawthorns along Plains Road. Once out of the fog, in beautiful downtown Hoskinstown, there were 6 Dusky Woodswallows sitting on the power lines.  No idea if they were vespaphagic or not.

The third site on the property I survey is a snow gum remnant.  There were a few species in there so I tried squeaking to get them in closer.  The immediate reaction was by a White-eared Honeyeater (WEHE) which came quite close making a lot of noise.  I stopped squeaking and found that the noise from the WEHE attracted White-browed Scrubwren, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Striated Thornbill, Grey Shrike-thrush and Brown Thornbill within about 1 minute.

Martin

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