Blackbird's song

[Lawrie Conole <>]

simon starr wrote:

The Song thrush would generally be considered to be an even more accomplished songster but I have not heard them over here.

Hi Simon

The Song Thrushes that I'm familiar with in Melboune and Geelong
(in southern Victoria) do have long and seemingly elaborate song cycles -
though highly repetitive it seems - and without any kind of deliberate analysis
on my part!  It's the dominant bird sound in my neighbourhood at the moment
- though the butcherbirds occasionally take over.

There's something about the rhythm (and some notes) of particular
phrases of the Song Thrush repertoire that remind me of that "choo-choo-choo"
thing that Black-chinned Honeyeaters do.  Slightly reminiscent too of some
of the similar repeated calls of the Painted Honeyeater - the "george-gee-gee-gee-gee...."
that occasionally takes over from "george-gee, george-gee".

L.


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