canberrabirds

Unknown call

To: Philip Veerman <>
Subject: Unknown call
From: Harvey Perkins <>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 20:22:40 +0000
Hi John - it sounds very much to me like the thin call a blackbird makes when it has very young fledglings in close proximity - sort of like a call to say " keep quiet and stay put". 
Harvey

On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 07:08, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
I think it is a Superb Fairy-wren (that might have been hidden from view, in the bush).

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: John Brown [
Sent: Monday, 7 October, 2019 5:35 PM
To: COG_Mailing_List
Subject: Unknown call


This faint repeated call was being made for ages from a bush overhanging my back fence. I assume it is a bird? The only birds I could see in the tree was a male Blackbird in mature plumage/colouring, but do they ever make a sound like this? It wasn’t obviously calling, but I couldn’t see any other likely source.

John




*******************************************************************************************************
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra Ornithologists Group.
Emails posted to the list that exceed 200 kB in size, including attachments, will be rejected.
All emails distributed via the list are archived at http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being archived.
When subscribing or unsubscribing, please insert the word 'Subscribe' or 'Unsubscribe', as applicable, in the email's subject line.
List-Post: <>
List-Help: <>
List-Unsubscribe: <>
List-Subscribe: <>
List manager: David McDonald, email <>

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the Canberra Ornithologists Group mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the list contact David McDonald, list manager, phone (02) 6231 8904 or email . If you can not contact David McDonald e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU