Hi all,
First time user on this forum. I live in Petersham in Sydney and this bird (or at least his/her call) seems to come at the start of Spring each year. Unfortunately it starts at 3am each day and goes until the sounds of traffic drown it out later in the morning.
When I first moved to the area I thought it was a malfunction security alarm from a nearby business or something, until I spent a night in Newtown and heard it there too.
I made a short recording of the call this morning and uploaded it to soundcloud.
Any help identifying would be very much appreciated.
https://soundcloud.com/user176749017/innerwestbird3am
Cheers,
Phil
Pied Currawong. LJ
Yep, Pied Currawong for me too
Thank you both for your help!
While I don't know what bird it is, we have heaps of pied Corrowongs where we live and never have I heard them make that noise.
Mind you I am a heavy sleeper and am vary rarely awake at that time of the morning.
I don't know what this bird is but I'm sure it is not a Currawong. Ray
100% Pied Currawong. No need to discuss it! Lorne
They must make different sounds down in Sydney than up in Qld
Its a different subspecies than in Queensland. I don't know if they make different sounds though. Either way its a Pied Currawong.
I hear a similar sound , they have a Peacock up the road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MhZPqHeEAQ
M-L
Seems to be a bit of dicussion there Lorne.Ray
I heard the same sound this morning at my house its definitely a Pied Currawong.
I'm with Ray and Wendy - not saying it is not a Pied Currawong - just that I wouldn't have picked it as one.
It sounds nothing like the ones we get here in Brissie and surrounds.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
That's a typical Sydney Pied Currawong call. Period.