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Subject: 1. Field guide to Australian birds. WAS: Owl in suburbia. (East coast,
From: "John Campbell" jcampbellmagiancomau
Date: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:22 am ((PST))
http://www.birdobservers.org.au/GiftShop_Category.asp?Mode=7&Type=0226 
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At $225 this is hardly free, but it's very good value for 10 CDs.

John Campbell

>Ah is that what those doves are called? I'm surprised I've never seen
>one while it's calling. Well so much for my 8-year-old imagination.
>
>I'm surprised you can hear so many birds in the track. Is there a
>freely available guide or downloadable training tape for learning to
>tell bird calls (that I could listen to between podcasts when commuting)?
>
>Peter Halasz.
>
>--- In 
><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> 
>s.com, "Alistair Stewart"
><> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > The main call is Spotted Turtle-dove (Streptopelia chinensis) and is a
> > common, introduced species. Unfortunately, not an owl or even a native
> > species but it does have quite a nice call. There are a few other
>species
> > calling in or near your backyard that I could ID:
> > House Sparrow, Common Starling, Common (Indian) Mynah, Common
>Blackbird, Red
> > Wattlebird, Eastern Spinebill, Grey Fantail, White-plumed Honeyeater and
> > possibly a White-throated Gerygone, but the call is too short and
>drowned
> > out by other noise to be certain.
> >
> >
> > Alistair





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