Hello all,
Newbie here making a request about a bird that continues to wake us up each morning with the dawn. Living in north-Melbourne near the Darebin creek, but in a fairly "suburban" setting.
The bird sings like a donkey. "hee-haw Hee-haw" I haven't any recordings, so I do apologise. A local common Minah is starting to mimic the song, so now I'm "enjoying" it all day.
I have performed a "search" for the word 'donkey' but only one unrelated post came up. I'm sorry if my description of the song is not sufficient for an identification.
thank you all,
Osita
Look for a Channel Billed Cuckoo call here on the birds in backyard website. Go- bird finder in the collumn on the left, then under browse drop down the list and go to top 40 bird songs . You will find a sound file there you can listen to.
See Yez
Trev
I doubt Channel-billed Cuckoos have extended as far south as Melbourne.
There have been a few reports from Canberra this season, but that's about their limit (southwards). Perhaps further south, along the coast.
Given Global Warming it will spread further south - over the years.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Thank you Trev and Denis -
Trev - I did as you suggested and listened to the soundfile. unfortunately it is not the bird I'm after. I listened to a lot of the files and could place quite a few bird-calls though.
Denis - thank you for the geographical clarifications.
I am a very -amateur- bird enthusiast so I really do appreciate that you both have taken the time to respond. I know that I've got to get out of bed earlier and see if I can spy my particular feathered freind and hopefully will be able to I.D. thorugh images.
Thank you both again,
Osita.