What about a Brush Cuckoo?
John Leonard
ps Koel heard in Hughes this morning for the first time this year, at
about 5.30am.
On 16 November 2010 06:40, terry gourlay <> wrote:
> Dear All,
> I live in Mackenzie St Hackett on the edge of the Ainslie
> Majura Park....I was awakened at 5.30 this morning Tuesday 16th by a strange
> call,at first I thought it was some electrical wake up call in the
> room,mobile etc,but No it came from a large Golden Ash outside my
> window....It was a falsetto almost shrill call
> Chuleep,chuleep,chuleep....repeated in its entirety three times also....the
> tone and shrillness was reminiscent of a Koel,even a very shrill Pallid
> Cuckoo...after a while I realised it was calling to another Bird with the
> same call that could barely be heard in the distance...Any thoughts?
> On a slightly different tack last Tuesday the 9th At the
> junction of Mort and Coranderrk Sts Braddon I heard a call somewhat between
> a Squelch and a Squeek....Took me a couple of secs to recall
> Greenfinches,sure enough in the Pines I saw that distinctive flash of Golden
> Yellow,two Greenfinches at least,have not seen them since the Bushfires,when
> they could occasionally be seen and heard opposite the Governor Generals
> Place.Terry Gourlay.
>
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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net
I want to be with the 99,999 other things.
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