With reference to birders who have lost their high frequency hearing range but still want to find emu-wrens or grasswrens I would suggest you try a simple heterodyne bat detector- they are directional, they function down to 10khz or less, you usually can record from them, they are cheaper than a hearing aid- but best … Read more
This technique shouldn’t work well for one ear only, but it might help work out the general direction of the calls by the enhanced difference in volume depending on the direction it’s pointed in. A more directional microphone might help more, but he would have to wave it around to find the loudest direction by … Read more
Hi Steve and anyone else suffering the dreaded loss if hearing high pitches. This is not in response to Grey Grasswrens but to comment on your loss go high frequency hearing. I know there has been a thread about hearing aids in the past (a pretty expensive option, and one that is resisted by many) … Read more
Birdswing Birding & Wildlife Tours Pelagic trip off Port Fairy, Victoria Sunday 22nd July 2012 Observers: Neil Macumber (organiser & report writer), Scott Baker, Peter Barrand, Ken Bridgewater, Dougald Frederick, Murray Grant, Samantha Greiner, Hagai Loyewski, Jill McFarlane, Helen O’Donnell, Steve Powell, Don Saunders and Tom Wheller Conditions: Early 90% cloud cover, afternoon sunny and … Read more
Here’s the trip report from two weeks spent surveying along the Oodnadatta track. It’s long but has a few hidden gems. Now is the perfect time to travel to the region, things are really booming, even more so than last year, and it is green in a brown kind of way. There are lots of … Read more