The recording that Geoffrey sent to the chatline was somewhat like what
I heard, but to my ears not the same, as it lacked the increase in pitch
of the second set of three notes, and then the further increase in pitch
of the third set, and then a pause before the nine note sequence was
repeated.
I still haven't found the call while working my way through the bird
calls in my phone app...
Nick
On 26/01/2014 9:11 AM, David Cook wrote:
Peter, I can only hear Fan-tailed Cuckoos calling in that grab.
David
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Shute
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 7:32 AM
To: Geoffrey Dabb ;
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Unknown bird call
Did Geoffrey's recording turn out to be the right species? Here's
another Brush Cuckoo variation, recorded at Mt Hotham, not that far
from Mt Buffalo, at about 1300m just a couple of weeks before you
heard yours. These and Fan-tailed Cuckoos were calling everywhere I
went on the lower parts of the mountain.
Peter Shute
________________________________________
From: Geoffrey Dabb
Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 8:22 AM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Unknown bird call
This call?
From: David Cook
Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 8:06 AM
To: COG bird discussions
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Unknown bird call
Dennis / Nick
The description matches the alternative call of the Brush Cuckoo,
rather than the standard one of evenly spaced, slightly descending
single notes.
The other call is the one which often leads to a manic high-pitched
finish. If you have access to the BOCA calls, the first half is of the
standard call, the second half has the call than strongly resembles
Nick’s description.
David
From: Denis Wilson<>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:33 PM
To: Nick Payne<> ; COG bird
discussions<>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Unknown bird call
I am late in this dscussion, Nick, and I know you said it was on the
lower slopes of Mt Buffalo, and coming from a tall Eucalypt.
My trouble is, your description of the call reminds me entirely and
almost exclusively of a Little Grassbird.
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Megalurus-gramineus
Click on the sound file on the right hand column.
Was there a swampy area anywhere, nearby, as the call can carry
deceptively. Perhaps the other side of the Gum Tree?
To my ears, the Brush Cuckoo does not fit your description - not even
close, as I read your words:
* Three equal notes, the second slightly lower than the first and
the third slightly higher than the first, then the same three notes
repeated at a slightly higher pitch, then repeated again at a higher
pitch again
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Cacomantis-variolosus
Denis Wilson
Some things in the universe are greater and deeper
than human intelligence.
It is the Power of Nature which bewilders us.
"The Nature of Robertson"
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Nick Payne
<<>> wrote:
Outside the COG area, but while cycling up Mt Buffalo this morning, on
the lower slopes I heard a bird call I couldn't identify, coming from
a tall Eucalypt. Three equal notes, the second slightly lower than the
first and the third slightly higher than the first, then the same
three notes repeated at a slightly higher pitch, then repeated again
at a higher pitch again. A pause of five or so seconds, and then the
same nine notes repeated. In musical notation, like the attached
image. Any suggestions on what the bird was? I didn't see it.
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