New from Carrum Downs VIC

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carr1234
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New from Carrum Downs VIC

Ive been a member  for some time now and used this site to help identify  birds inthe The Pines Flora And Fauna  Reserve.  PFFR

In the last couple of months  ( maybe )  I ve been woken  by a bird call I cant identify from varius sources on the net.

 This morning I jumped up and took a video.. No pix  just the sound  because I cant spot the  birds location. There is another bird with the same call, Id say  about 200m away  that  answers  or claims its territory.

Where can I send the sound clip to get identification? The file is about 2mb  and lasts abaout 45 secs. Ihave it uploaded to drop box  if anyone can help.

Ive listened to the 40 most  common and its not one of those.  The calling starts   just as dawn is starting to break about 5:30 and goes silent at full dawn and its LOUD.  It s not one of the  common birds ( around  here) like magpie .

Its has  3 parts with a tone  not too disimilar to a bellbird   but different of course. Its what  would call a warble  ticka ticka ticka -----  tick tick tick , ticka ticka ticka -----  tick tick tick then a third part   simlar to the first part but longer ticka ticcka ticka ticka ticka ticka ticka

HelloBirdy
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Could you get us a link to the recording if dropbox allows it, otherwise try getting a link by uploading to youtube of xeno-canto

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

carr1234
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HelloBirdy
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Thanks for the link. I'm not certain, but I would be inclined to suggest noisy miner. Hopefully some other members can shed a bit more light on it, it may help if you move this topic to the identifications section of the forum

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

carr1234
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We have LOTS  and I mean Lots of Noisy  Miners here  and Ive never heard this call until  the last couple of months. Ive lived here since 1992  *shrug*

John

timrp
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I agree with Noisy Miner.

carr1234
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 I remain unconvinced because it is so different to sounds recorded elsewhere by other folk.

Ive never heard it before even though we have had Noisy miners around here  since we moved in  , in 1992, the tonal quality  is totally different to the  usual screech  sounds  one hears.

 They have been breeding here and presumably mating   around here , chicks have left their nests and sit up in the peppermint  gum chirping away  to be fed and still I have never heard this  sound until a couple of months ago

*shrug*  ?

sound  is  here    https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmsxp4i1r8aaxkv/Bird%20call.m4v?dl=0

pacman
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hello, I am not good with sounds but that sounds Noisy Miner to me, if you listen to the Morecombe's app it sounds similar to the Noisy Miner 'song at daylight'

Peter

carr1234
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this  from  info@mdahlem.net.

I have decompressed it without problems. Please
give me some time to fiddle around with it. My
first impression is that this is indeed a Noisy Miner,
possibly a first light call that I have not heard myself
yet.

Some/many? species have calls that they use
only at first light, for maybe up to 30 minutes, and
then not again for the rest of the day (also not all
year round!). I will get back to you on this some
time soon, maybe not tonight.

Snail
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There 1 or 2 Noisy Miner recordings on xeno-canto.com that are pretty close to your recording. Slightly different in pitch but close enough, I'd say. Maybe there is a new Noisy Miner in your vicinity with a unique voice.

LM

carr1234
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Snail wrote:

There 1 or 2 Noisy Miner recordings on xeno-canto.com that are pretty close to your recording. Slightly different in pitch but close enough, I'd say. Maybe there is a new Noisy Miner in your vicinity with a unique voice.

   xeno-canto.com   takes me to a job  site
Snail
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sorry, it is http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Manorina-melanocephala

The 6th recording from the bottom of the list titled 'Moorooka, calls made at dawn'.

LM

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