Paul, have I lost the plot or has your sound player disappeared ?
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--- In Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I've posted a couple of recording from a recent trip to East Gippsland, V=
ictoria, Australia. These were made in the "backyard" of the Adobe Mudbrick=
Holiday Flats which features a beautiful temperate rainforest gully that t=
eems with wildlife.
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> The first recording is Karbeethong Rainforest Gully and was made just aft=
er dawn. A lyrebird was foraging a short distance behind the mics and was m=
aking a doubled Eastern Whipbird "whip" at regular intervals.
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> http://www.urbanbirder.com.au/east-gippsland/karbeethong-rainforest-gully=
-mallacoota
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> The second recording captures the sounds of a flock of Yellow-tailed Blac=
k-Cockatoo feeding in a stand of wattle just before dark. These are large =
birds but can be extremely quiet. They feed on grubs which live inside the =
branches of the wattle, and use their large powerful beak to rip the wood a=
part to reach the grub. You can hear one YTBC calling a short distance awa=
y and the sound of shredding wood from a bird perched almost immediately in=
front of the mics.
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> http://www.urbanbirder.com.au/east-gippsland/yellow-tailed-black-cockatoo=
s-feeding-wattle
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> cheers
> Paul
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