PS. When I got home I listened to what I could find on the internet in terms of bird calls of the rufous songlark and Australasian pipit. The songlark call was similar but not identical to what I had heard, and none of the recordings I listened to were much good anyway.
From: Margaret Leggoe [
Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2013 12:14 PM
To:
Subject: Songlark perhaps
I’m a bit reluctant to ask for an ID without any image, but I am very curious. This morning I went for a walk around the bare paddock opposite the RSPCA at Weston because I was intrigued by a strident bird song that was new to me. I determined this much:
· Up to half a dozen birds would have been involved, but not together, they did their thing individually.
· The bird was about the size of an Australasian pipit.
· It was fawn in colour with rusty spots on the upper parts.
· It was most vocal whilst on the wing, and flew round and round in circles above the bare ground.
· The call was a series of strident cheeps and whirring.
· At one stage a calling pair stopped calling and went from the top of lamp poles down into a creek together.
Has anyone else seen these birds, and what are they?
Thank you
Margaret Leggoe
