I was told in Tas recently that lyrebirds, introduced in the 1930s as insurance
against mainland cat and fox predation, still mimic eastern whip bird calls,
faithfully passed on since arrival in Tas.
Cheers
Greg Hunt
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> On 26 Nov 2017, at 10:17 pm, "cgregory123 ." <> wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
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