Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015

Yes, James, we were keeping an ear out for a Western Whipbird. Many years ago, Dean made a recording of an unknown bird call in the Big Desert, that may or may not have been one. A number of experts listened to the call but opinions differed on what it was, the front runner being a Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Needless to say, we didn’t hear anything like it this time – we would have been unreasonably excited if we had! Bill On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:25 AM, James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra < jamesmustafamusic@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for sharing Bill! > > The Big Desert was once the place for Western (Mallee) Whipbird – P. n. > leucogaster > > I promise you had no luck with that? I’d be very keen to spend a month were > you did searching for this species to see if a small population is still > hanging on in Victoria. > > All the best > > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 >> >>