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what's that bird?
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:32 am
by julia
Hello, i am new to the forum. live in Warkworth, north of Auckland. every summer we hear a bird calling to it's mates at nightfall, a harsh rattling, chattering call. goes back & forth from bird to bird all over the grassy section, in the dark. can anyone tell me what it might be and anywhere online i can listen to a recording to verify? i am obsessively curious!!
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:41 pm
by Olwen
It could be Spur-winged plovers. If you go to New Zealand Birds Online and put in Spur-winged Plover you can listen to their calls. Good luck!
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:51 am
by Jan
Blackbirds going to roost are noisy in the way you describe.
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:26 am
by SomesBirder
What came to mind was oystercatchers, or maybe parrots.
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:58 pm
by julia
Hi again, thanks for the replies.... i am still puzzling over them, 5 years later! now i have a recording... will try to post it.
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:02 am
by zarkov
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:10 pm
by julia
thanks... here is my recording. please have your volume turned up, as its not that loud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_Z3NqvT4c
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 3:19 pm
by Jim Kirker
Spur-winged plovers.
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:09 am
by Patrick Crowe
Interesting. Sounds like Cook's Petrels to me
Re: what's that bird?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:52 pm
by David Riddell
They sound like Cook's petrels to me too. They are known to fly across the mainland in the vicinity of Warkworth on their way between feeding grounds in the Tasman and their breeding colony on Little Barrier so definitely could be. Have a listen to the recordings at NZ Birds Online and see what you think.
http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species ... ird-sounds