Mysterious night time whistle..?
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AngryBird45
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Re: Mysterious night time whistle..?
Tūīs DO imitate other birds.
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Wayward Crow
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Re: Mysterious night time whistle..?
Ill try to get a recording at some point.
Thanks or you're help everyone!
Thanks or you're help everyone!
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TedHoward-Huttons
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Re: Mysterious night time whistle..?
I'd go for skylark.
I often hear them here on the Kaikoura peninsula at night.
And sure Tui are great imitators (here's one imitating a falcon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5ps5bJR30), but unless you know you have tui nearby, suspect skylark.
The most common birds I hear at night here are spurwing plover, followed by oyster catcher.
I often hear them here on the Kaikoura peninsula at night.
And sure Tui are great imitators (here's one imitating a falcon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5ps5bJR30), but unless you know you have tui nearby, suspect skylark.
The most common birds I hear at night here are spurwing plover, followed by oyster catcher.
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FraserGurney
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Re: Mysterious night time whistle..?
While Tui are great mimics, I think the bird in the youtube video is giving an alarm call rather than a falcon imitation. Not to say that they wouldn't imitate a falcon though.
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philbattley
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Re: Mysterious night time whistle..?
How many times have you heard it? I was completely stumped with a nocturnal recording of a high-pitched whistling sound that I though might be a mustelid. It transpired it was a morepork, probably mating!
Phil
Phil