ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

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ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:16 pm

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Something a bit different this month. Turn up your speakers, listen to the sound clip and tell us what bird you think it is.

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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby tim » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:01 am

Would have been nice to have a bit more of the sound, but I think it is a tui if the song was a bit more rapid I would say bellbird, but then it could have been a number of things like a hawk also.
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby philbattley » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:11 am

That's not what I was expecting! Well it's not a wader as far as I know. But it might be a Brown Quail.

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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby simon.fordham » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:50 am

Brown Quail
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby Jan » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:51 pm

I'm not sure if I have heard this bird before, maybe in Oz?
But knowing the penchant you guys have :twisted: for all things around Auckland and especially Tiritiri,
I think it's a Brown Quail call.
Really, it's too bad, when are we S Islanders going to get something you lot don't have? I'll get it
wrong of course but at least I'll feel wanted.
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby David Riddell » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:57 pm

Tui alarm call.
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby ledzep » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:50 pm

Young NZ Falcon.
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby Ross Silcock » Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:40 am

Red Knot
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby Shane McPherson » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:00 pm

Brown Quail

(maybe new zealand quail if it was recorded on tiri ;) - kidding)
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Re: ID Challenge #3 - closes 14 September 2010

Postby Peter Frost » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:43 am

Part of the flight call of a tui? It sounds a bit high pitched but I can't place this with anything else with which I'm familiar, so I'll go with Tui.

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