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Re: Bristlebirds.

To: "Keith Weekes" <>, "Phillip Duke" <>
Subject: Re: Bristlebirds.
From: "michael hunter" <>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:39:56 +1000
Which road Keith?
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---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Weekes" <>
To: "Phillip Duke" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bristlebirds.


> >From 1968?
>
> I've lost so many brain cells to alcohol I don't think I could identify a
> played back call a month later, let alone 40 years!
>
> KW
>
> On 05/07/07, Phillip Duke <> wrote:
> >
> > As I was walking on this road, I head this exceptionally load, clear and
> > very strong call. There was also rustling in the leaf litter. I stood
still
> > and waited for the bird to present itself. This very small, dark brown
bird
> > popped out of the scrub. It had an erect tail and long legs for such a
small
> > bird. It's strut made me feel that it was one of those old fashioned
wind-up
> > tin toys. It saw me, let out a very load squark and flew off very low
into
> > the scrub with rounded wing tips. That was all I saw. Nothing but the
Rufus
> > Scrub Bird and now the Bristlebird matches my observation. If there are
any
> > recordings of these birds' calls, I'm sure I would be able to confirm
> > whether my identification was accurate.
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