Nicki has an exceptional ear. Mine is barely average, but I can generally pick up the local GBB. More than a month ago the local pair called daily, often throughout the day. Now they have a nest
with young they have fallen silent. I think the tonal quality is distinctive rather than the phrasing, although the typical phrase to me is something like a yodelled ‘dee-doo-de-da-da’, stress as in ‘Good God Almighty’.
From: Nicki Taws <>
Sent: Monday, 28 October 2019 6:47 AM
To: 'Dr David Rosalky' <>
Cc: 'Canberrabirds' <>
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] FW: Butcherbird
Hi David
Sounds like a Grey Butcherbird to me. From my experience Canberra GBBs are less melodious than others I have heard in Vic and Qld.
Cheers
Nicki Taws
0408 210736
From: Dr David Rosalky
Sent: Sunday, 27 October, 2019 8:36 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] FW: Butcherbird
Heard this guy in Sydney this morning. Got a really great concert for a while when I did not have my phone. When (s)he resumed, it was only in snippets and I caught a couple of snippets in the attached file.
Even though I was directly under the tree where the singing was coming from, I could not see the bird and therefore was unable to ID it visually, but I believe the sound was different from a Grey BB, richer and more melodious. I feel that
it was a Pied BB.
Is the attached sound file sufficient for someone to tell me which BB I was listening to?
David Rosalky
From: David Rosalky <>
Sent: Sunday, 27 October 2019 8:18 PM
To: David Rosalky <>
Subject: Butcherbird
Sent from my Huawei phone
