The Coo-coo-coor-crook call.
It is night.
The call was coming from around the canopy region of the trees. It is probably a bird given the changes in location that the call was coming from.
Pretty sure there was at least one of. whatever it was around, I think I heard response calls faintly from the north
Clear call times:
recording 1;
5sec
24sec
recording 2;
16sec
Pretty sure there was at least one of whatever it was around, I think I heard response calls faintly from the north
Got a video of this little one running down the tree and then doing a few hops through the vegetation on the ground. It didn't seem to notice that I was there although it was very close. I went over to see what was making a tst tst tst noise.
Sprinklers going at the Heytesbury landcare district network and a frog started up. Called in the first few seconds only.
My guess is a bird. Its the high pitched chirps. There are also crickets in the background.
Saw a couple of these little chimneys today at Bamganie State forest near Meredith. What has made them?
Close-up photos by Pat Feehan. 3 of the photos show a few LRFFs in the same trees as GHFF. Mostly the LRFFs are in separate trees, usually lower to the ground than the GHFFs. Several Silver Wattles are so weighed down with LRFFs that from a distance the trees look pure brown. Thousands in the camp.
UPDATE: 25/2/24: now that most of the GHFFs have gone, the bat camp is in 3 Silver Wattles close to the River. The bats are very densely packed as usual. About 600 in the camp. The audio file has Kookaburras in the background for part of the recording. The Kookas flew past the LRFFs and upset them, that's how I got the recording.
Audio obtained using my iPhone with Rode Reporter app. Edited with Audacity software.
Multiphasic call, terrestrial location confined to
dense understory.
Only the first 30 seconds. Didn’t see the bird. Calls from area of dense bushland. Anyone able to provide an ID on the bird doing the calling?
We hear this sound at night. Sounds a bit like bell birds. Not sure what it is.
Sorry fairly average recording
Bird heard calling from dense foliage of a pine tree at Ouyen Golf Course at about 5:45 AM. Call was being repeated at intervals of about 30-40 seconds, possibly in response to a distant bird that was making the same call. Eventually a small to medium sized bird (e.g. cuckoo, honeyeater) flew from the tree, but in the poor early light I couldn't see any detail.
Mimicking Shining Bronze-Cuckoo and Scarlet Robin. Bird also seen :)
This eucalypt( species unknown) had prolific leaf galls, and these strange things , which might perhaps be gumnuts also affected by gall wasps? Normal young flower buds can be seen next to them. Sizes varied, up to 1.5 cm for the largest ones.
Does anyone know what these creatures are that make this sound I’ve herd it all my life at night in the bush but never known exactly what they are
Grassland sound. Different to cricket, sounds more like a tweet. At ground level
Bioacoustic survey conducted with a Song Meter Micro full-spectrum acoustic recorder deployed within remnant Sedgy Riparian Woodland (EVC 198) of a 2 acre Trust for Nature covenanted property. The property adjoins the Wombat State Forest. Recordings are scheduled twice a day. First, for 3 hours commencing two hours before sunrise, and secondly, for 3 hours commencing at sunset.
Birds seen in this environment regularly include blue faced honey eater, galahs, pardalote
AudioMoth Bioacoustic recorder deployed within a remnant of a 2 acre Trust for Nature covenanted property featuring Sedgy Riparian Woodland (EVC 198). The property adjoins the Wombat State Forest. Recordings are scheduled twice a day. First, for 2 hours commencing an hour before dawn, and secondly, for 2 hours commencing at dusk.
I'm not 100% sure the second photo is of the same bird (but I highly suspect this). The audio track is definitely from the one with brown back.
On baccharis
Small snake