Isaacs Ridge - was Re: [canberrabirds] Identifying bird calls

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Inasmuch as I can make out anything on the photo, by increasing the brightness, it appears to match in colour a White-throated Gerygone but nothing in the sound matches that. What little you write about what they were doing (plural rather than one) and what little I can hear, suggests more likely to be Striated Thornbills, which could maybe match the picture. Then again it could be more than one species together.

 

I suggest if it matters to you, go there and try again. Also I suggest direct your efforts more towards looking at them and consulting a book whilst you are there, than trying to photograph and record them.

 

Philip

 

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From: Rob Geraghty [
Sent: Sunday, 24 March 2013 12:27 PM
To: Canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Isaacs Ridge - was Re: [canberrabirds] Identifying bird calls

Hi Folks,

My apologies for the file attachments but I'm trying to figure out what these small birds were at Isaacs Ridge on the 18th at sunset. They were feeding at around 10m off the ground in a group and there was a Grey Fantail along for the fun. They looked to be around Thornbill size, and from the photo, the top of the head looked dark brown. Sorry about the poor quality image but even with a 300mm lens at that distance, a small bird in poor light is hard to catch! The MP3 file demonstrates the calls they were making - my apologies for the Currawongs having a corroboree in the background! The camera's microphone is omnidirectional. The fantail can also be heard toward the end. It sounds more like they were having a territorial dispute than happily feeding! I have kept the combined size of the attachments below 100K.

 

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Rob Geraghty

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