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Attenborough got the wrong bird

To: Philip Veerman <>
Subject: Attenborough got the wrong bird
From: "cgregory123 ." <>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 11:17:06 +0000
Happened the other night on a delightful ABC comedy "Rosehaven" set in
Tassie with an Eastern Whipbird in the background.

Chris

On 26 November 2017 at 22:00, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

> It happens all the time the other way around (Red-tailed Hawk calls dubbed
> into film willy nilly. Tonight I caught out another error on Attenborough's
> Planet Earth on TV. A bit featuring the Sonoran desert in SW USA and him
> explaining how the saguaro cactus is able to absorb a lot of water. During
> that bit, it featured calls of a Whistling Kite. I doubt there is any USA
> fauna that makes the same call as our bird.
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