Hi Tim
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Not really my area, but it seems to me to have the tone of the Pied Butcherbird. Not quite the fine piping whistle I remember, but similar....
I shall leave it to the northern members of this forum to confirm or contradict.
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Cheers
Denis
It may well be a Pied Butcherbird, as it looks similar, and has a similar tone as you say, and they are quite common in my area.
I was wondering if it may be a specific mating call, given that we're nearly in that season. I have just never heard this particular call before and it's calling much earlier in the morning than they usually start.
I have heard and seen a butcherbird while walking my dog between 5 and 5.30am. Still dark but dawn not far off. I'm sure your bird is a butcherbird. I live in a northern suburb of Brisbane.
Hi Timmo
I would definitely say a butcherbird, probably a pied but it is a variation on the typical theme in my area at least. They do have quite a variety of calls though and mimic others that they have hear. I live with heaps of them and work with them as well around me so I am pretty used to their calls. The colour sounds like it may be an immature one?
What did you use to record that with by the way? I really want to record some calls for identification but haven't been successful.
Hi all,
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Thanks for all the input.
Yes, I think it is a Pied Butcherbird (as we don't tend to see grey ones in this area much), just a song unfamiliar to me.
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I found a really interesting link to a thesis on the musicality of butcherbird songs, which mentions:
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"The (assumed) male sings spring song in the pre-dawn hours and during moonlit nights. Both sexes participate in the dawn chorus, and their daytime vocalisations, often antiphonal duos or trios, can be heard off and on throughout the day."
So I'm presuming it's the aforementioned spring song.
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The full link is here http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/trans12/art13.htm for anyone interested.
Tim, I hear exactly what he describes in my neighbourhood. I am fascinated by them and have always wondered if there was any material on how to understand what they mean. thanks for the link. This morning before dawn, I heard an unusual 2 note song. One an ascending kind of cheep and then a lower musical flutey note. it sounded a bit like a cuckoo clock but with different pronunciation. Shortly after that the pied butcher started in earnest, and I think it was the same bird but continuing the call.
By the way - what did you use to record? I tried my phone but it is a different format and I couldn't get it to the net.
Thought you might like to see this gorgeous little fellow I have posted before
Hi Tim
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Not really my area, but it seems to me to have the tone of the Pied Butcherbird. Not quite the fine piping whistle I remember, but similar....
I shall leave it to the northern members of this forum to confirm or contradict.
.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Thanks Denis,
It may well be a Pied Butcherbird, as it looks similar, and has a similar tone as you say, and they are quite common in my area.
I was wondering if it may be a specific mating call, given that we're nearly in that season. I have just never heard this particular call before and it's calling much earlier in the morning than they usually start.
Cheers
Tim
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
I have heard and seen a butcherbird while walking my dog between 5 and 5.30am. Still dark but dawn not far off. I'm sure your bird is a butcherbird. I live in a northern suburb of Brisbane.
Sue
I am going with a Butcherbird, not sure if its a Grey or Pied.
Hi Timmo
I would definitely say a butcherbird, probably a pied but it is a variation on the typical theme in my area at least. They do have quite a variety of calls though and mimic others that they have hear. I live with heaps of them and work with them as well around me so I am pretty used to their calls. The colour sounds like it may be an immature one?
What did you use to record that with by the way? I really want to record some calls for identification but haven't been successful.
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Hi all,
.
Thanks for all the input.
Yes, I think it is a Pied Butcherbird (as we don't tend to see grey ones in this area much), just a song unfamiliar to me.
.
I found a really interesting link to a thesis on the musicality of butcherbird songs, which mentions:
.
"The (assumed) male sings spring song in the pre-dawn hours and during moonlit nights. Both sexes participate in the dawn chorus, and their daytime vocalisations, often antiphonal duos or trios, can be heard off and on throughout the day."
So I'm presuming it's the aforementioned spring song.
.
The full link is here http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/trans12/art13.htm for anyone interested.
Cheers again
Tim
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Tim, I hear exactly what he describes in my neighbourhood. I am fascinated by them and have always wondered if there was any material on how to understand what they mean. thanks for the link. This morning before dawn, I heard an unusual 2 note song. One an ascending kind of cheep and then a lower musical flutey note. it sounded a bit like a cuckoo clock but with different pronunciation. Shortly after that the pied butcher started in earnest, and I think it was the same bird but continuing the call.
By the way - what did you use to record? I tried my phone but it is a different format and I couldn't get it to the net.
Thought you might like to see this gorgeous little fellow I have posted before
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Hi Birdie,
I just used an old MP3 player that has a mic for voice recording on it. It probably helps that nothig much else is making a noise at that time...
Cheers
Tim
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane