I remember probably 20 years ago listening to a lyrebird in the big avairy at
Taronga Zoo imitating the sound of a jet plane flying over. It also had a
distinctive call of "mum" picked up from the many children searching for their
mothers. Does anybody else remember or have any information on this bird?
cheers
mike
---- brian fleming <> wrote:
> Not surprisingly, this topic was discussed many years ago, in the
> columns of the now forgotten "Wildlif Magazine", edited by the late
> Crosbie Morrison. It was agreed that the song of both Superb and
> Albert's Lyrebirds included many strange effects which seemed to imitate
> human sounds. I suppose that accounts for teh tale of the bird which
> imitated the saw-mill's "Wake-up" hooter, but havingno sense of time got
> everyone out far too early, in the dark.
> It was claimed that Albert's lyribird is a much better mimic than
> Superb. And one correspondent who had worked at an old-style saw-mill,
> claimed that he had heard an Albert imitating the sequence of the
> horse-team arriving at the mill - shod hooves clinking and thudding on
> the road, followed by splashing through the ford, interspersed with
> blowing and snorting from horses, and more hooves on road. I can't
> think of any natural or innate songs which would account for that. But
> it's only hearsay of course.
> Anthea Fleming
>
>
> Peter Madvig wrote:
>
> > A quick addition to this topic, afore it 'croaks'-
> >
> > I recall in the '70s at the Kalkari (?) visitors' centre near Bobbin
> > Head, Ku-rin-gai Nat. Park, northern Sydney, listening to a recording
> > of a local Lyrebird going through the scales of an oboe! It was
> > supposed to have been passed on to the next generation, if I remember
> > rightly?
> >
> > Any takers?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter Madvig
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