All, Last May I recorded this Ninox at my place in Samford SEQ. I heard it calling while I was making dinner and thought wow that sounds like a Barking Owl…made the recodings and played it for a few local mates. I was politely told, “nice try, but southern boobooks also can sound like that”. I get Southern Boobooks most weeks, but never observed or heard them make this type of call before (or since). Since then however, a Barking Owls has been found about 5 k’s away. The recording is ML 189700 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/189700 This recording has now been questioned, rightfully so, by the lads at Cornell and has been tentatively ID’ed as a female Barking Owl, so I am reaching out for any feedback. Can Southern Boobooks sound like this? Cheers, Roger Roger McNeill Samford Valley, SEQ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
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I agree that calls can be very misleading. As a classical musician with perfect pitch I thought I had calls down to a tee. I was brought to earth with a bump when I mistook one call of White-throated Honeyeater for that of Dusky. Similarly since we’ve been living at Darwin River (80 kms sw of Darwin) I’ve encountered more misleading calls, with birds common around the house, for example, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Northern Rosella, Yellow Oriole and other species, all imitating one another perfectly. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 PhD candidate Vice-chair Wildlife Tourism Australia goodfellow@bigpond.com.au On 1 May 2014, at 4:53 pm, Chris Corben <cjcorben@hoarybat.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Just a precautionary note! Many years ago, I was with other birders camping in the Grampians of Victoria. As we were about to set up camp, we heard what appeared to be a Barking Owl, calling repeatedly. It sounded totally convincing to all of us and we had plenty of experience with Barking Owls elsewhere, so we were quite excited about finding one in the Grampians. But after calling for some minutes, it started to gradually morph its call from the classic “wook-wook” of a Barking Owl into the classic “Whoo-hoo” of a Powerful. The morphing was quite gradual, so it went through several stages of intermediacy before settling down into typical Powerful calls. We were able to track it down and confirm it visually as a Powerful Owl. This left a lasting impression on me, as the earlier calls were completely convincing as a Barking Owl. I never would have thought the two species could be confused. I ended up realising there is always some doubt about audio records, even of distinctive birds. Cheers, Chris. On 04/30/2014 06:21 PM, Roger McNeill wrote: — Chris Corben. — This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Oh, and Roger, I should have qualified my message by stating, like the others have already said, your recording is definitely a Barking Owl. A female seems reasonable. Cheers, Tim ________________________________________ Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 1:16 PM Actually Southern Boobook do have a call “somewhat similar” to that made by a Barking Owl. I’ve heard it a quite a few times, mostly in autumn. You might described as a falsetto ‘yo-yo-yo-yo’ call, and it seems to be rarely used. It can be quite distinctive, loud and far-carrying. I’ve found that most people don’t recognize it. For instance, I’ve heard it called a dog, a Sugar Glider, a Powerful Owl, a Dingo (in Mallacoota) and even a person but, interestingly, not a Southern Boobook. I know of only one recording, but I’m sure there are more. It appears on the audio CD linked to Chris Tzaros book ‘Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country’. If anyone is interested in listening to it, it’s on Track 24 (Killawarra by night) at 0:19 and 0:29. Someone may be able to point to an online recording. Cheers, Tim ________________________________________ Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:21 AM All, Last May I recorded this Ninox at my place in Samford SEQ. I heard it calling while I was making dinner and thought wow that sounds like a Barking Owl…made the recodings and played it for a few local mates. I was politely told, “nice try, but southern boobooks also can sound like that”. I get Southern Boobooks most weeks, but never observed or heard them make this type of call before (or since). Since then however, a Barking Owls has been found about 5 k’s away. The recording is ML 189700 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/189700 This recording has now been questioned, rightfully so, by the lads at Cornell and has been tentatively ID’ed as a female Barking Owl, so I am reaching out for any feedback. Can Southern Boobooks sound like this? Cheers, Roger Roger McNeill Samford Valley, SEQ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal information or be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender via return email and delete it from your system immediately. Victoria University does not warrant that this email is free from viruses or defects and accepts no liability for any damage caused by such viruses or defects. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal information or be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender via return email and delete it from your system immediately. Victoria University does not warrant that this email is free from viruses or defects and accepts no liability for any damage caused by such viruses or defects. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
no doubt at all, it’s definitely a female Barking… cheers martin cachard, cairns _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Actually Southern Boobook do have a call “somewhat similar” to that made by a Barking Owl. I’ve heard it a quite a few times, mostly in autumn. You might described as a falsetto ‘yo-yo-yo-yo’ call, and it seems to be rarely used. It can be quite distinctive, loud and far-carrying. I’ve found that most people don’t recognize it. For instance, I’ve heard it called a dog, a Sugar Glider, a Powerful Owl, a Dingo (in Mallacoota) and even a person but, interestingly, not a Southern Boobook. I know of only one recording, but I’m sure there are more. It appears on the audio CD linked to Chris Tzaros book ‘Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country’. If anyone is interested in listening to it, it’s on Track 24 (Killawarra by night) at 0:19 and 0:29. Someone may be able to point to an online recording. Cheers, Tim ________________________________________ Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:21 AM All, Last May I recorded this Ninox at my place in Samford SEQ. I heard it calling while I was making dinner and thought wow that sounds like a Barking Owl…made the recodings and played it for a few local mates. I was politely told, “nice try, but southern boobooks also can sound like that”. I get Southern Boobooks most weeks, but never observed or heard them make this type of call before (or since). Since then however, a Barking Owls has been found about 5 k’s away. The recording is ML 189700 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/189700 This recording has now been questioned, rightfully so, by the lads at Cornell and has been tentatively ID’ed as a female Barking Owl, so I am reaching out for any feedback. Can Southern Boobooks sound like this? Cheers, Roger Roger McNeill Samford Valley, SEQ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal information or be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender via return email and delete it from your system immediately. Victoria University does not warrant that this email is free from viruses or defects and accepts no liability for any damage caused by such viruses or defects. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Neither have I. It’s a Barking Owl. Denise Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 PhD candidate Vice-chair Wildlife Tourism Australia goodfellow@bigpond.com.au On 1 May 2014, at 9:36 am, Tony Russell <pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I’ve never heard a Boobook making that call in 25 years of birding. If I heard that call I’d say the typical doggy noise of a Barking owl. It can be a bit easier when there is a pair as they do a duet, one slightly higher in note than the other. Tom Tarrant lives near you, could you get him to listen as well? Tony, Adelaide. —–Original Message—– Roger McNeill Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2014 8:52 AM All, Last May I recorded this Ninox at my place in Samford SEQ. I heard it calling while I was making dinner and thought wow that sounds like a Barking Owl…made the recodings and played it for a few local mates. I was politely told, “nice try, but southern boobooks also can sound like that”. I get Southern Boobooks most weeks, but never observed or heard them make this type of call before (or since). Since then however, a Barking Owls has been found about 5 k’s away. The recording is ML 189700 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/189700 This recording has now been questioned, rightfully so, by the lads at Cornell and has been tentatively ID’ed as a female Barking Owl, so I am reaching out for any feedback. Can Southern Boobooks sound like this? Cheers, Roger Roger McNeill Samford Valley, SEQ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org