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Lyrebird threat mimicry

To: Doug Holly <>
Subject: Lyrebird threat mimicry
From: Syd Curtis <>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:48:07 +1000
One might almost regard mimicry as the avian equivalent of playback, and it
rarely evokes a response from the model.  At least in my experience.  But
one time it did:  An Oriole was warbling away in what I regarded as subsong
and included quite a bit of mimicry.  Fine, until it rashly used a
butcherbird threat call a few times, -  and was chased through the forest by
a butch with snapping beak.

Syd

> From: "Doug Holly" <>
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:39:52 +0930
> To: "Birding-aus (E-mail)" <>
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Lyrebird threat mimicry
> 
> Hi All,
> I also record natural sounds, and I don't believe in playback, unless it is
> for research projects, I have seen the distress that it causes.
> One day it accidently caused distress to me, I had been recording the sounds
> of an Apostlebird and, not having an external speaker on my DAT recorder, I
> was replaying the recording through earphones, it was very loud, and I use
> "openair 'phones",  one of the Apostlebirds hit me on the head while trying
> to get at "the intruding bird" inside, it drew blood.
> Doug Holly
> 
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