Bird call (which bird is this?) sounds like "higgle-dee piggle-dee, higgle-dee piggle-dee"...? Eastern NSW...
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Bird call (which bird is this?) sounds like "higgle-dee piggle-dee, higgle-dee piggle-dee"...? Eastern NSW...
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Hi,
I just felt bad that nobody had replied, so I will...
I really can't help you though I'm afraid (and I suspect that's why no-one else is jumping forward either)...
If it's an ascending call and quite loud, I would start by guessing maybe Common Koel?
Have you seen the bird? Can you describe it or the call in more detail?
Cheers,
Scott.
Hi Scott :) Thanks for replying - I'll try to record it of I can.
Hi there aussieboy & welcome. The problem with humans describing bird calls is that what sounds like "higgle-dee piggle-dee" to one person sounds more like "zippidee doo dah" to another - if you get my drift. But sometimes a description of the call can be helpful, particularly if the call is very distinctive. Then again, some birds can lead us up the native garden path due to their astute mimicry. A sound recording is the ultimate, of course.
If you can get a good sight of the bird making the call pay particular attention to
- approximate geographic location (which you've done)
- size in relation to a well-known bird. (e.g., smaller than a magpie, larger than a starling, about the same size as a Willy wagtail)
- overall colour
- colour of any wing bars
- colour of head, back, eyes (if you're close enough to see), legs (ditto), front, tail, rump
- any prominent markings &/or features (e.g, horizontal bars on front)
- length, shape of bill (e.g., long, slightly downward curve)
- length of tail
- location in the environment (e.g., on ground, in tree crown, in shrub)
- behaviour (e.g., feeding on berries or blossoms, perched on horizontal dead branch watching the ground, fleeing chainsaws in the forest)
- volume of call
- type of call (e.g., rasping, melodious, ascending notes, peep, zit)
This information greatly assists in bird identification.
Other posters may have other ideas about what to observe. One thing I've gained from birdwatching, I hope, is better observation skills.
I hope you can track down your bird.
WOW Woko....lots of doo dah. With a bit more wooppedi doo, we will get to the bottom of it.
M-L
The only bird I can think of is the grey fantail.
I'm in a zippidee doo dah kind of mood, Araminta.
Maybe a magpie-lark also called mud-lark or pee-wee. The last one is named after the sound it makes. It often sings in two's and while flying. Hope that helps.
The bird that immediately comes into my mind that makes that sort of call is the Pied Currawong. Describing calls through words is so subjective but higgle-dee piggle-dee is Pied Currawong to me.
Taz
Hi All :) Thanks for your replies and feedback. Good news! I have finally managed to capture a sound bite of this bird's call :) Please see link below - I apologise for the poor quality of the sound recording (you will need to turn up the volume to maximum to hear anything on this file)...
http://www.mediafire.com/?uoya5f3gby1xva5
Thanks again for your time - I hope this bird call is recognisable, I'd love to know more about this bird (if possible). ;)
OMG, it does go "higgle-dee piggle-dee.....", sorry, I don't know what it is, but I'm sure any time now someone will tell you. Good luck, M-L
M-L
All I got was Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London?@#
Alison
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Alison, do you think aussiboy is pulling our “chicken legs”? Maybe it’s a “Duck” ?
aussieboy, when you made the recording, where was the bird at the time? In a tree, on a lake, on the grass…..were there more than one? Did you see it? I can hear lots of people, was it near a pub? M-L
M-L
I have heard such a bird before, but my brain currently has no idea what it is .... just searching through the archives, maybe something will turn up.
- soakes
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Hi Everyone - the audio file is hosted on a 'free' website so you need to dodge the advertising to get to the file (worked for me second time around). I recorded this bird yesterday afternoon in a leafy suburb - the Hills district of Sydney, NSW. I don't remember where else I've heard it in the past, hence why it caught my attention. It is very shy and does not call out very often, it tends to sit right at the top of the trees, so I've been unable to get a really good look at it.