Thursday, November 29, 2007

Bellemare's Field Guide to Australian Bird Calls

If it sounds like: a whaaat whaaat whaaaat whuuuh huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh. At top volume.
Then it's an: Australian Raven.

If it sounds like: a monkey screaming wildly over and over, or the insane laugh of a mad chipmunk scientist.
Then it's a: Laughing Kookaburra.

If it sounds like: as my friend Kelsey puts it, "a screaming pterodactyl coming to get me." I also like to describe them as screeching Ringwraiths of Doom.
Then it's a: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.

It if sounds like: bunch of rusty springs squeaking loudly together.
Then it's a: pack of Rainbow Lorikeets.

If it sounds like: a cute guy whistling at you. Or as Kelsey says, "I don't know what it is but that bird preys on my vanity."
Then it's a: Pied Currawong.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how did you find out all the names of the birds?

ABTVer said...

I asked people, and some of them I saw while they were screaming so I could tell what they were.