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Hi all,
I have also heard the Barking Owl called "Murdered Woman Bird", and
having been woken from sleep in a small tent, alone in the bush at Melville
Caves SP in central Vic, I assure you the name is very apt and sleep does
not return as one wonders if they are to be the next victim - especially
as, at the time, I had never heard the call before and had no idea that
it was a bird, not a woman having a knife twisted between her ribs, if
not worse.
A visit to my "trivia" guide book, An Australian Bird Book, J A Leach,
1918 edition (cost at the time, 4/-) I see that Ninox connivens is called
"Winking Owl". Do they?
regards
Jen
Birding Services Brisbane wrote:
Hi
Peter She is referring
to the Barking Owl (Ninox connivens). Cheers Roy
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