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bird call ID if possible

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Subject: bird call ID if possible
From: "Margaret Leggoe" <>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:11:35 +1000

Yesterday while walking on Farrer Ridge down in the South-east corner, I heard a trilling call.  A white winged triller had been seen there last year, and I made the assumption that it had returned.  However, last night I played some bird calls and it was definitely not a WWT.  The call was most like that of a fantailed cuckoo, but it was a bit lighter and not persistent like a FTC.  It was a bit like a cross between a white-throated gerygone and a fantailed cuckoo.  I didn’t see the bird, but it came from the foliage of a eucalypt in which a mixed feeding flock of weebills and yellow-rumped thornbills were also present.  It was not an eastern spinebill.

Grateful for any suggestions.  I have already suggested to myself that I carry the bird calls with me next time.

Margaret Leggoe

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