Sorry Mick, I reckon female Brush Cuckoo too!!Cheers, Martin Cachard, Cairns
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> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 06:54:41 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\
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> From: Tom Tarrant <>
> Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\
> To: Merrilyn Serong <>
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> We get a lot of Rose Robins here (in winter) and I haven't heard them make
> that call, Brush Cuckoo for me.
>
> Tom
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> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Merrilyn Serong
> <>wrote:
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> > For what it's worth, I thought I could hear Rose Robin in there. I am
> > familiar with Rose Robins, but not with Royal National Park.
> > Cheers,
> > Merrilyn
> >
> >
> > On 8/09/2012 6:53 PM, Mick Roderick wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Peter (Graeme, Marc et al),
> >> This has been bugging me...I've listened to that call over and over now!
> >> I was one of the original supporters of Rose Robin (not Pink, which I
> >> think was a typo you made Peter) and no, I haven't changed my mind - I
> >> still think it belongs to a Rose Robin. I can hear a suggestion of the
> >> female Brush Cuckoo call (especially in the first call) but it still just
> >> leaves me thinking it's a Rose Robin, albeit not 'typical' (perhaps a young
> >> bird learning the ropes?). There is a lot of variation in Rose Robin calls,
> >> which is evident from the various recordings I have been accessing during
> >> this exercise (the one on Graeme's website is a very interesting one for
> >> example).
> >> I'm sure I'm hearing the "chip, chip, chip-chip" lead-up-to-the-trill
> >> call in there, consistently before the trill, but admittedly not
> >> immediately before it.
> >> Also, the fact that there is a "double-trill" and importantly, on two
> >> pitches, leans more to the robin I would have thought.
> >> And the regularity that the call is made (at even intervals only a few
> >> seconds apart) pushes me to the robin.
> >> One thing that worries me though is Marc's confident assertion that the
> >> cuckoo is the call he heard on the day.
> >> Gulp...."help" Rose Robin supporters?!? ;-)
> >> Mick
> >>
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> >> Sent: Friday, 7 September 2012 6:42 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park, NSW\
> >> I had no idea female Brush Cuckoos made that call, and I agree it's
> >> closer than Pink Robin, which seems to have a faster trill.
> >>
> >> This call isn't on the BOCA CD track, and isn't mentioned in P&K (maybe
> >> hinted at). I'd be interested to know if the others who thought it was a
> >> robin have changed their minds now they've heard Graeme's track.
> >>
> >> Graeme, are all those recordings yours? That's an impressive collection.
> >>
> >> Peter Shute
> >>
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