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Gibraltar falls

To: Anthony Overs <>, Graeme Clifton <>
Subject: Gibraltar falls
From: Mark Clayton via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:22:07 +0000

Having heard the call as described by Anthony, once, I can assure everyone that in no way could it be misconstrued as a call for help!! I was working for CSIRO doing an EIS (3rd one!!!) on a potential move for the Royal Australian Navy to Jervis Bay when I heard it while spotlighting at night and it caused me to break into a VERY rapid uphill run. I know of one other CSIRO employed who was camped in a caravan in the Snowy Mountains when one called above his caravan – he didn’t bother to open the screen door, he just ran straight through it, it is that terrifying.

 

I do know of another occasion where an old bushman who lived in a bush “humpy” imitated the call in a busy and bushy picnic area on the central coast of NSW. People, including me, left their picnics and headed for their cars at a great rate of knots to leave the area. I never did hear if anyone reported a “murder” in the area.

 

Mark

 

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Haha, yes, the use of words might exclude a Barking Owl.

 

However, they do make a horrendous, terrifying, screaming call in autumn, which would lead one to think that one is to be murdered next. Especially if one is camping in Cocoparra National Park, alone, on a Monday night, and a Barking Owl lets a scream rip while perched about ten feet above one's tent.  

 

Anthony

 

 

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 09:57, Graeme Clifton via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

The report I read was that it was a woman calling “help”.

Graeme Clifton

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On 23 Aug 2023, at 10:41 pm, Philip Veerman <> wrote:



Given the reports of a screaming woman at Gibraltar falls on Monday night and a police search having failed to find anything. I am wondering if there could be a Barking Owl there. Apart from the well known woof woof sound, they also make a very good screaming woman sound.

 

Philip Veerman

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