Vivien,
Don't forget that if you are relying on sound recordings on the iPhone Morcomb
app, it has a very abridged selection of calls.
You probably need to review the BOCA Field Guide to Australian Birdsong.
Regards
Alastair
On 21/12/2012, at 8:30 AM, Vivien Rolland <> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Thanks a lot to people that suggested a few ideas!
I have summarized below what is different between what I heard and what has
been suggested.
But before I would also like to mention that I am basing my judgment on
recordings I found and my limited experience in Australia. So there might be
some variations that I am unaware of and that could fit better what I heard.
Also, it is quite hard to describe a call with words.
- Lewin's honeyeater: The call I heard was not a rifflegun call. It was a
series of equally spaced single notes. Does the Lewin's H. has a non riffle gun
call?
- Sacred kingfisher: The sound of each note was very different, somehow
smoother than that of a sacred. Additionally, notes in the series were more
spaced out. The series I heard were loud but somehow peaceful.
- Restless flycatcher: Notes were more spaced out and not quite disyllabic.
Series were longer. Unless again, there is a variation that goes in that
direction.
- Eastern yellow robin: The call I heard was longer (at least 8 notes per
series), the space between each note was longer, each note was sightly longer
and the notes all sounded the same to me (on some EYR recordings, the first
note differs from the next ones).
It might be an unusual EYR or Restless flycatcher call, or another bird, but
nothing I have heard so far really fits what I heard.
Obviously it isn't a YSH and I have the feeling it is going to be something
really trivial in the end. But I want to learn and figure this one out so I
will probably try to go back there on the week-end. This time bringing my
camera and a recorder in case I don't see the bird again.
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
All the best,
Vivien
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