Took 3 visits to the same spot over a period of a couple of weeks to get this Chiming Wedgebill on camera. On road between Uluru and Erldunda. Chirruping Wedgebill looks very similar and it is the sound that distinguishes the two. This one sounded almost identical to the Chiming Wedgebill on the recording I have on Morcombe's mobile app.
A lovely little bird, I'd never heard of it
Karen
Brisbane southside.
Hi Karen,
I live in Alice Springs and as the subject indicates, mostly you just hear these birds, they can be buggers to actually see. this one had a juvenile with it which is probably why it was still in the same area a few weeks in a row. Hopefully I'll be able to post a few more unusual birds from Central Australia this year as my job lets me travel to some of the more remote areas. Cheers.
I've succumbed to the birding bug!
Alice Springs, NT
That would be awesome! I love seeing birds from our own country. It is always great to see familiar ones and compare, but even better to see ones we would not see in our own areas.
Karen
Brisbane southside.
It is very exciting when everyone is posting bird photos from their area of Australia. Thanks for sharing! What a great looking bird.
Lucky you, rjwaring. My only trip to Alice Springs was a few years before the birdwatching bug got me but I'll never forget the flocks of red-tailed black cockatoos.
this is probably my favorite bird call in all of australia,thanks for sharing
rjwaring, I note your reference to Michael Morcombe's eGuide to the Birds of Australia. When I checked this on iTunes it said that it's only available on iPhone or iPod touch. I wonder if anyone has got it to work on iPad.
Woko, lost my work iPhone (damn!) and now have an Android, seems to work fine. Not sure how it goes on iPad, not really something I can imagine taking out in the field, although I only normally use it in the car to check the sounds so maybe the iPad would be useful if I had one.
I've succumbed to the birding bug!
Alice Springs, NT
I must be a technophile at last!! I managed to download the eGuide to my iPad. The definition isn't as good as it would be on an iPhone or iPod but the bird sounds are great.
iQuit (old joke)
Hi all, I just managed to get a glimpse of this little fellow the other day, but i heard him long before I saw him.
i ama rural and remote registered nures/midwife so i get to see birds australia wide, i was wondering about the eGuide, its sounds like peoople are happy with it....
cheers
Teresa Skerratt
Gardens for Birds Bees and Butterflies
Hi Woko, I use Micheal Morcombe's guide on my iPad all the time, works well, and is easier to use than on the iPhone (screen size makes it easier for use)? My opinion the App was money well spent, still not as nice as some of the books, but certainly portable and easy to use. The definition might vary according to the generation of iPad, mine is the first, so maybe graphically not as good, but good enough for me.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
I love the eGuide, especially the bird calls. Teresa, (I even took a fancy to a Girl Guide in my younger days). Ms Woko sometimes uses it to fool me by playing calls of red-capped robins, diamond firetails & spotted pardalotes when I'm not looking. I've spent a lot of time fruitlessly looking for these species close to the house while she's been sniggering behind her hand.