I've just seen and heard a brush cuckoo at Malabar near the pistol range.
There were two of them with one (presumably the female giving the brief
downward trill like Graeme Chapman's 184-100. The other cuckoo (presumably
the male) ahd a haunting double call of the same note - a bit like the
098B-050 on Chapman's website but slower and lower. A bunch of New Holland
Honeyeaters seemed to be really annoyed by their presence...
Cas
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Sorry Mick, I reckon female Brush Cuckoo too!!Cheers, Martin Cachard,
Cairns 0428 782 808 > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 06:54:41 +1000
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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,
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> 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
>
>
> 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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> >> From: Peter Shute <>
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> >> Sent: Friday, 7 September 2012 6:42 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery Bird Call - Royal National Park,
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> >> 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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