Night flyer V2.0

[Gary Davidson <>]

Hi Colin,

owarrgh, I tried several ways to pronounce this word, but nothing I could come up with sounds anything like a Canada Goose.  Being from Canada, I have some experience with this species.  But when you said gutteral, I couldn't help but think about the Cape Barren Geese I heard this weekend on Maria Island, Tas.

Gary Davidson

 

 

Colin Driscoll <> wrote:

> Ok I have votes for Wood Duck, Egret, Heron, Canada Goose.
> Not Wood Duck or Egret. I was considering Pacific Heron but too big and wing
> beats too strong. Out of left field the Canada Goose seems possible. It was
> heading in the direction of the Hexham wetlands so birders looking for the
> Black-necked Storks, keep an eye out for the Canada Goose!
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
>
>
> Hi all
> Here's a challenge...
> I live at the edge of Lake Macquarie in the Toronto area and last night at
> around 10 a large bird flew over. I heard its call for a while before it
> flew over head maybe 100m up and it was big enough to be able to catch its
> outline in the moonlight with the naked eye and I could hear the steady
> swish of the wing beats. The call was a longish gutteral "owarrgh" (I think
> I spelled that right!). It was heading north.
> I wasn't an Ibis or Bla
>  ck Swan
>  so what was it?
> Cheers
> Colin
>
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