On Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:01:42 -0500 Harriette Phelps
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> Dear Experts,
>
> I have this bird that sings outside near my bed-sit (end of Glebe
> Point Road) only about 20 minutes at the absolute break of day (street
> lights still on, 5 - 5:15 this AM) and at no other time with this
> distinctive tank-tank-tank-tank call repeated 4 or 5 times, a monotonous
> but loud call, and is driving me bonkers to ID. I have watched it a couple
> of mornings: it sits and calls conspicuously on the dead branch at the top
> of the tree across the road but it is too dark to see many details. It
> looks like a largish honeycreeper with some white on the head and maybe a
> chest red (?) patch. And it sometimes flutters its wings between calling.
> Anybody with a clue?
>
> Thanks again to the group! Harriette
Dear Harriette,
One bird that calls with a loud clank-or-clank-or-clank call in
the early morning is the Little Wattlebird. Check it in a bird
book to see if it fits the silhouette you are seeing. The call
may not be quite the same in Sydney.
Cheers
Ian
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Ian Temby
Wildlife Damage Control Officer
Secretary/Treasurer, BIRDS Australia Parrot Association
Flora and Fauna Branch
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Parade
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
AUSTRALIA
Phone 613 9412 4429
Fax 613 9412 4586
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