Bluetts Block was quiet and still in the cool sunshine this morning. There was evidence of the recent rain, and a number of Spotted Pardalotes were hanging around a puddle at the side of the (recently graded) track. A flock of Yellow-tailed
Black-cockatoos came through to break the quiet.
One of the bird calls in the background was a repeated descending trill, in the ‘bouncing-ball’ style of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo. I entered the observation into eBird under this species (https://ebird.org/australia/view/checklist/S55735919),
being slightly surprised by hearing it at this season. but was wondering: is there any other species I could have confused this call with? I’m reasonably confident that it wasn’t a White-throated Treecreeper, Eastern Yellow Robin or Eastern Spinebill.
Steve
