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Bird whistlers... any good?

To: "Tom Wilson" <>, <>
Subject: Bird whistlers... any good?
From: "Jacqui & Rob" <>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:07:04 +1100

They can be quite dangerous to use as Scrubwrens and Brown Thornbills seem to want to charge straight out at you, so keep your wits about you. Fancy being threatened by such small species!!     BOCA certainly discourages overuse of them to avoid distress to birds.

Does anyone know what to do to regain the squeak when all the resin is used up ???

Jacqui Sheppard

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From: [On Behalf Of Tom Wilson
Sent: Saturday, 27 December 2003 4:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird whistlers... any good?

 

Re the query from Michael Whitehead and Tom Tarrant's response (26 December), I've had one of those squeakers for a few years - sometimes it's more effective than the back of my hand, sometimes it isn't (and I've normally got the squeaker with me - my hands are permanently attached so I've always got them with me!) - and of course one gets days when the birds aren't interested in any sounds!  I've found that fairywrens and fantails seem to respond to it best, but have also used it successfully to bring a Chestnut Rumped Heathwren close on one of the tracks on West Head in Ku-Ring-Gai NP (northern Sydney).

 

I've found that with a bit of practice, one can make quite a wide range of sounds, so can try a variety of squeaks to see if one can draw something up

 

Cheers

Tom Wilson

 

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