I am wondering about a call i am hearing at night, that starts in early evening and goes on until late at night, (not early morning). It is a croaking, almost strangulated sound. I read that Pied Currawongs have a deeper sound as well as their usual, and they are around the tree, but am not sure if that is it. I am used to the Channel Billed Cuckoo in Summer, but this is not like that at all, not as loud.
If anyone has any ideas i would appreciate them! Thanks. ( This is inner west Sydney)
Frogs ??
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
if it is going all night can you record it on your phone and upload it?
seems odd for a bird to go calling non stop for that long.
Crows or ravens maybe?
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Thank you but no they aren't frogs, despite their croaking, or ravens. I will have to work out how to record and upload sound. Frustrating!
thanks.
elizabeth
Record it on your phone then upload to you tube then put the link here.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
I had a mysterious croaking bird that took me 5 years or more to identify. I only heard it but never saw it until one day my brother and I were walking into town and I heard the normal whipper snipper sound of a Restless Flycatcher ahead of us and then a croaking. My brother recorded it on his phone or camera. I don't know where that video has gone to but I remember the bird. It turned out to be a Restless Flycatcher, and it had a little family: 2-3 kids and a mate.
Is your mysterious croaking bird a Restless Flycatcher?
I'm at Tenterfield, NSW. (Formerly known as "Hyperbirds".)
Thanks all for this!
elizabeth