Frog question + Azure kingfisher

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This week on Ian Fraser's spot on the ABC he was talking about frogs and
playing their calls, and described the striped marsh-frog call as
like a very slow game of tennis, so your speculation is not far off the
mark Geoffrey!

sandra henderson

On Thu, February 18,
2010 09:29, Geoffrey Dabb wrote: 
> Last year Beth (and later
Steve) identified my ‘glok’ as a
Striped 
> Marsh-frog - in a shallow water feature in the back
yard. At the same 
> time the next-door neighbour also had one,
duetting. Curiously we have 
> had the same call again this year
and I wonder if it could be the same 
> chap still there all year.
The calling seems to be prompted by 
> temperature rather than
rain. We have even speculated that it might be 
> stimulated by
the glok, glok, glok of the Australian Open. I have once 
> had a
koel call in response to a koel at Coolum during the golf. Sealed 
> houses with air-conditioning miss all this kind of fun. 
>
> 
> 
> 
From: Beth Mantle
[ 
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 2010
10:26 PM 
> To: Paul T. 
> Cc:
 
> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds]
Frog question + Azure kingfisher 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Paul, 
> 
> 
> 
> The frog is
probably a Brown-striped frog (NSW lingo) or Striped 
> Marsh-frog
(Qld lingo) - Limnodynastes peronii. Here is a recording of 
> the
call and other species information: 
>
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/peroni/ 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Beth 
>
> 
> 
> Beth Mantle 
> H: 02 6287
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>
On 17/02/2010, at 10:13 PM, Paul T. wrote: 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Howdy All, 
> 
>
Off topic I know, but in the past there has been some frog knowledge 
> exhibited here on the list.... tonight we have a new frog
apparently in 
> one of our back ponds. It is a call unlike any I
have heard before, just 
> a single "tok" or
"kuk" type sound. There is never a repetitive sound, 
>
just the single call each time. It is not a "bonk" (before
anyone 
> suggests the eastern banjo frog), and it is one I don't
recall ever 
> hearing about the place before. Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Also of note ... this morning we had a visit from
what I think is an Azure 
> Kingfisher. Not as strong a
colouration as in the books, but otherwise 
> about right I think.
It came and had a drink and bath in one of our 
> birdbaths out in
front of my office here at home. Very, very, VERY cool 
> to see
one. I've certainly never seen one here in the 14 years I've been 
> living here. I do have pictures if anyone is interested, through a
dirty 
> window in most cases. <grin> I mentioned it to a
neighbour and they said 
> that sounded like the bird that sat on
their washing line for ages 
> yesterday. I do hope it comes back,
as it was so beautiful. 
> 
> Cheers. 
> 
> Paul T. 
> Higgins, ACT 
> 
> 
>
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