More of the same this
afternoon.
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Wednesday, 1 December 2010 7:39 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Wirra and zhink
I have mentioned that the Finniss Crescent Mr K is saying
‘wirra-wirra’ a lot more than ‘koel’. There were
plenty of ‘wirra-wirras’ this afternoon, plus a soft
‘whirrooo’ given in flight, in the small reserve on the south side
of Carnegie. Hanzab says the ‘Coo-ee’, to use the Hanzabese,
is given before the female arrives and responds, when ‘Whurroo’ is
given repeatedly and excitedly. A female was flying around today giving a
sharp nasal ‘zhink’ when moved on by the RWBs. I suppose
‘zhink’ might be what Hanzab calls ‘keek’. Either
the M or F once gave an arrestingly loud resonant ‘wuh-huh-huh’,
the previous reporting of which, if indeed it has occurred in any of various
possible verbalised forms, has not so far been found by me.
