Mike,
The lyrebird says its own name 'Chook Chook' (in the voice of its
keeper) rather than Chop Chop. For some reason, and annoyingly, I
can't download the full video clip, even with satellite connection. =
I think the lyrebird also says 'Good Boy' or similar. The word Chook
is of course Aussie slang for a full grown chicken. There's
Blackbird mimicry near the end. And of course drills, hammering,
chainsaws etc.
Mimicry from Chook featured on one of our recent members' CDs for the
Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group.
Vicki Powys
Australia
On 05/08/2009, at 5:01 AM, Michael Dalton wrote:
> Lyrebird Imitating Construction Equipment
>
> I listened to this interesting clip posted. People hear only a
> limited amount when listening to sounds made by birds. This clip
> illustrates my point, because there is a great deal more to the
> clip. This is my first analysis made listening through my laptop
> computer.
>
> The bird does some construction noises that I did not recognize as
> other than construction noises. The bird is also speaking in
> English; ain=92t it great that the Aussies butcher the language as we =
> do?
>
> Here are some clues of what to listen for:
> [ Construction noise] =85 =93Chop-Chop!=94 =96 =93What are you doing?=94 =
=96
> =93Hello, Chop-Chop! (laughs)=94 =96 =93Aha, you got it!=94 =96 [kookabur=
ra
> imitation] =96 =93I jump one=94 =96 [song of a bird I do not know] =96 =
> [electric screwdriver/drill] =96 [saw] =96 [more sounds]
>
> I hope someone will find out how to contact the zoo, because I
> would like to discuss the bird=92s ability and get additional
> recordings. I'm off to Houston to present my paper, "Passive Speech
> Research, Language, and the Animal Mind," to the American
> Federation of Aviculture Convention.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Mike
> Florida
>
> Michael Dalton
> Author of
> Another Kind of Mind: A Talking Bird Masters English
> www.ParrotSpeech.com/Another_Mind.html
>
>
> 9.
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>
> Lyrebird imitating construction at Adelaide Zoo...
> Posted by: "picnet2" picnet2
> Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:31 am (PDT)
>
>
> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=3DWeQjkQpeJwY
>
> -Mike.
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