Janine, you can upload the recordings to soundcloud.com.
Peter Shute
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Subject: white-tailed Black-cockatoos at Yanchep, WA
Hi all
We saw an enormous flock (at least 500, I estimated 1000) white-tailed
Black-cockatoos flying across the highway in Yanchep NP on Friday 22nd June at
around 3.10pm. I have a few photos, which suggest Carnaby's, but I also have
calls recorded which suggest Baudin's. The call has a high-pitched whistling
quality - more of a "wa - witch-ow!" than a "wy-lah". Listening to both
species' calls on the Morcombe Iphone app today still left me in some doubt -
the flock call of the Carnaby's is possible (and this was a huge flock), but
most of the calls I recorded were of single birds or pairs that had stopped
near us. Also, some of the birds were seen tearing at the bark of rough-barked
eucalyptus trees - a habit noted for Baudin's (according to Simon Nevill's
Birds of the Greater South West.)
Here is a link to a Picasa album with the best photos I have:
https://picasaweb.google.com/112756569112498336946/PicsWAJune2012 Please
forgive the poor quality of the photos. I can't figure out a way to upload the
sound recordings, but I can email them to anyone who wants them.
I know the location strongly suggests Carnaby's but the call is really giving
me trouble. Being from Melbourne I really don't know these birds at all.
Janine
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