Bird going "cheep"

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rumtytum
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Bird going "cheep"

When I lived on the NSW south coast there was a bird that for a couple of hours in the very early morning repeatedly went "cheep" once, twice or three times. The "cheep"s were about half a second apart in any group and the groups might be 2 or 3 seconds apart. The "cheep" was like that of a sparrow, but stronger, and the number of "cheep"s seemed random, never falling into a recognisable pattern. There were never more than three.

So I might hear "cheep..cheep................cheep..cheep..cheep.................cheep..................cheep..cheep..cheep............cheep..cheep..cheep...................cheep..cheep..............." and so on. 

On very rare occasions I heard the bird after sun-up but no matter how hard I tried I never managed to catch a glimpse of it.

Any thoughts?

Holly
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Maybe Silvereyes?

rumtytum
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I've never known silvereyes to be solitary birds and this one was always a single bird. And silvereyes in my limited experience have always been most active during the day and not shy at all. Finally I've not associated that sparrow-like "cheep"noise with silvereyes. So though I could be wrong I don't think it was a silvereye.

Holly
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Sorry I didn't read properly! Thought it was a small flock of birds

GregL
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The yellow robin calls in the morning.

rumtytum
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Does the yellow robin make a sound like a loud sparrow? We had yellow robins that used to hop around in the vegetable garden when I was digging and I never heard one make that sort of sound. 

Araminta
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In my garden I have many juvenile birds calling from morning to night. I can tell you the loudest cheep cheep, going in very regular intervals, is the begging call of the "New Holland Honeyeater Baby" . They are fed by the parents for a very long time. So, if you have them around, I'm sure that's what they are. The sound is a rather strong, shrill cheep, and always the same note.

Here is one of my Baby New Holland Honeyeaters, hope that helps.

M-L

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