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Re: 6. lyrebird

Subject: Re: 6. lyrebird
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:37 pm (PDT)
Ah, that makes sense-- though it leaves me
feeling yucky. The mimicking abilities would have
been just as interesting to situate in a
photography studio or logging town or wherever
the bird learned them. It ends up being
disrespectful. Rob D.

At 10:41 PM +0100 6/23/06, Richard Ranft wrote:
>Certainly a marvellous sequence, but sadly not entirely natural; while the
>shot with Sir Attenborough whispering in the background really looks like
>there's a wild bird, the close-up head shots when the bird is mimicking th=
e
>chainsaw is most likely a semi-captive bird, and not necessarily the same
>individual. This TV sequence was discussed extensively on the Australian
>birding mail list a while back from the programme was first broadcast.
>According to local Lyrebird experts,  wild Lyrebirds apparently don't mimi=
c
>mechanical sounds unlike the birds in movies and even in nature
>'documentaries'.
>
>Richard Ranft
>England
>
>



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