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No.28 Nick Perry : Whistling Kite ‘long descending 'seeo' followed by an upward staccato 'si-si-si-si'. “one more rabbit and I’ll spew” No.29 Tony Lewis : Spotted Harrier Usually silent but said to utter short shrill squeal. Pizzey No.30 LLew and Mara Kiek : Brown Goshawk Calls loudly in vicinity of nest, a high ‘keek-keek-keek’, rising in pitch. Also a rapid, excited, descending ‘kik-kik-ki-ki-kikik’, possibly in defence of nest site. At times uses a slow, drawn out ‘youwick, youwick’; female deeper than male. No.68 Owen Jackson : Black Breasted Buzzard Usually silent but quite vocal near nest. On return to nest excited yelping, ‘kyik-kyik-kyik; as alarm high long ‘screee’. Also a variety of harsh scratchy grating sounds. No.31 Garlo : Collared Sparrowhawk a shrill, chattered ‘ki-ki-ki-ki’ and a slower, mellow ‘kwiek-kwiek-kwieek-’. Morecome No.32 Collin Offord : Wedge-tailed Eagle feeble yelps and squeals No.33 Anthony Albrecht : Little Eagle The call is a far-carrying, musical, yelping whistle in distinctive double- or triple-note sequence: a very rapid ‘chik-a-chuk’ or ‘chik-a-chuk, kuk’; the first ‘chik’ strong, sharp and high, the ‘-a-chuk’ softer, lower, mellow; sometimes a soft low fourth note, ‘kuk’, at the end. Morecombe No.34 Myfany Turpin : Brown Falcon Probably the noisiest Australian Raptor; screeches, demented hoarse cacklings, at times like a laying hen. Pizzey No.35 Ryan Granger : Black Falcon Call like that of Peregrine, but deeper, slower, ‘gaak-gaar-gaak-’, becoming a more excited ‘gak-gak-gak-’ if an intruder is near the nest tree. In sudden alarm a single ‘gaaark!’. Also gives a call quite unlike other falcons in courtship and display flights – a loud, high, sharp, scratchy ‘eeik-eeik’ every 3 to 5 sec. Morecombe No.36 Alister Spence : Nankeen Kestrel The sharp, high, almost metallic ‘ki-ki-ki’ has many variations, territorial defence, displays, fighting, approaching nest with food: ranges from fast, shrill, chattered ‘kikikik-’ to slower ‘kee-kee-kee,’ and very slow, metallic, tapping ‘kik, kik, kik’. Also has a drawn out, screaming, rising ‘keeeiir, keeiir’ at food exchange and copulation. Morecombe No.68 Nick Weaver : Black Breasted Buzzard Usually silent but quite vocal near nest. On return to nest excited yelping, ‘kyik-kyik-kyik; as alarm high long ‘screee’. Also a variety of harsh scratchy grating sounds.

No.141 Greg Sheehan : Spotted Bowerbird Loud chirring grating hissing or throat-clearing noises. Pizzey No.142 Sandy Evans : Singing Bushlark (Horsfield’s) Sweet clear if spasmodic song; notes alternately shrill and trilling or rich and melodious. Pizzey. No.143 Sonya Holowell : Australasian (Richard’s) Pipit Brisk splintered ‘pith’ or rasping drawn-out ‘zwee’. Pizzey. No.144 Benjamin Samuels : Zebra Finch Loud ‘tya’ like a toy trumpet; song a series of such notes connected with chattering trills. Pizzey. No.145 Karlin Love & Luigi Irlandini : Double-Barred Finch Toot like toy trumpet, long-drawn-out ‘tiaat, tiaat’. Pizzey. No.146 Jim Moginie : Black-Throated Finch Somewhat mournful far-carrying descending ‘peew’; soft ‘beck-beck-beckadeck’. Pizzey. "Fortunately the black- throated finch has wings and can fly…” Clive Palmer No.147 Tim Mortimer : Plum-headed Finch Reported to be a single ‘tlip’ or ‘tleep’; at times drawn-out and high-pitched, scarcely audible. Pizzey. No.37 Mandy Connell : Brolga Whooping bugle or trumpet like calls and harsh croaks. Simpson and Day No.38 Everybody & Darren Blackman : Australian Bustard deep booming, rather like the roar of a distant lion, rising then falling. Closer, sounds include an abrupt, hoarse exhalation ‘huhh!’, often leading into a hoarse throaty growling – ‘huhh!, huhh! -aa-a-r-r-rgh, aa a-r-r-rrrgh’. Morcombe No.39 Martin Kay : Little Button-quail Woop woop. Simpson and Day. Soft, high, resonant, musical ‘whoo, whoo, whoo…’ Squeaky chatter when flushed. Morecombe No.40 Ian Ahles : Red-chested Button-quail Call is a soft, quite high, booming ‘oom, oom’ at one second intervals; notes slightly slurred and rising through a sequence of 20–30 calls. Morecombe No.41 Collin Offord : Bush Stone-curlew Morcombe : ’eerie, a drawn out, mournfull-‘wee-ier, wee-ier, wheee-ieeer, whee-ieer-loo. Each call rises, strengthening, faster, building to a climax, then trails away.’ No.42 Ganesh Anandan : Black-fronted Dotterel Metallic pink; trilling calls. Simpson and Day No.43 Bonnie Hart : Masked Lapwing Loud cackling Kerr-kick-ki-ki-ki; single kek. Simpson and Day MENU