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That’s because it is the Rufous Whistler that can respond to loud noises such slamming car doors with a burst of song. You’ll be lucky to get much more than “seeep” from a Golden Whistler around Canberra at moment.
Richard
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On 31 May 2021, at 8:20 pm, John Layton <> wrote:
Mid-afternoon, today, I was sitting with friends in an Aranda garden when we noticed a mature male Golden Whistler perched atop a bare apricot tree. I suddenly remembered
reading that a sharp report such as the crack of a stockwhip would cause a Golden Whistler to burst into song. Accordingly, I picked up a piece of timber fence paling and whacked against the brick barbie. It produced a satisfyingly loud report, but the stupid
bird sprang skywards and sped away without voicing a single note. L
John Layton
Holt.
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