It's a long time since I saw it, but the Healesville bird was surely
used as it demonstrated the Lyrebird's incredible capacity for mimicry
and the repertoire that a Lyebird can acheive, even if in the wild
it's unlikely to be exposed to all those noises?
Cheers
Tom Wilson
Quoting Philip Veerman <>:
Hi Ross,
Yes the story you write is correct about the bird in David
Attenborough's Life Of Birds mimicking chainsaws, cameras and car
alarms. This topic has done the rounds on birding aus previously.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Ross Macfarlane
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 10:15 PM
To: david taylor; Birding Aus
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lyrebird learns rooster call
As I recall HANZAB suggests it may take a lyrebird 6 months to learn a
call.
I read it idly at my Dad's place a year or so ago so more than likely my
memory is faulty.
It was a bit cynical re the bird in David Attenborough's Life Of Birds
mimicking chainsaws, cameras and car alarms, as apparently this bird was
in
captivity (I'm guessing Healesville?)
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