id by voice please

["Philip Veerman" <>]

I suggest, from your description, it is very unlikely to be either species of Songlark. They both have intricate, squeaky (Rufous Songlark) / creaky (Brown Songlark) songs, and inhabit open country and typically make themselves very obvious, with display flights, when singing.  

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Wilson [
Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2012 10:32 AM
To: jude hopwood
Cc: COG
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] id by voice please

Hi Jude, and
others

For information, the Internet Brd Collection has excellent videos
(many contributed by COG members) as well as sound recordings.

The search
engine is simple to use..

Re your call description, it appears to not fit
the Rufous Songlark.
The link to two call recordings is here:
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/rufous-songlark-cincloramphus-mathewsi?_only_=sounds#sounds

However,
you can at least browse around the site, and check out other possible
species.

Regards

Denis

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:16 AM, jude hopwood <> wrote:

Dear Canberra Birdos,

 

I have no picture nor physical description of this bird, just its voice.  I've heard it several times at different times of the day.  It does not disintegrate into blackbird/white-browed scrubwren/fairy wren voices which is a local starling's idea of fun.  At dusk it is very clear and for all I looked all over, it was amongst shrubbery and could not be found. As BIB site has been down for the past couple of days and there is no MP3 on COG's website, I just have no idea.

 

The voice is one note higher than 5 following notes, a pause, then repeated.

 

Any ideas?

 

From Currawang, seemingly closer to the Collector Windfarm than we thought,

Jude.

-- 
Denis
Wilson
"The Nature of Robertson"
www.peonyden.blogspot.com.au