The Superb Lyrebird
Menura novaehollandiae
on the New South Wales south coast, Australia
My Personal Experiences
Documents
The Magnificant Male
Lyrebird hen experience
Fact not Fiction
Photos
Chick
Further hen photos
Lyrebird nests
The Lyrebird hen feeding her chick
The Lyrebird hen protecting her chick
2008 Photos
July 2008 Observations
2008 Mounds
Big Tree
Big Mound
Clay Mound
Pot Pond Left Mound
Unphotographable Mound (UPM) (2009)
2009 Slideshows
Taken with Canon G2 with a home-made remote control "iThumb" of 10 second intervals over 15 minutes.
Pot Pond Left Mound
29th June 2009.
More slideshows here
2010 Movies
Sound Recordings
Listen to the Sound Recordings
Some Technical Background
Sound Recording of Lyrebirds
Time Lapse Photography of Lyrebird
Software
Problems
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Some Web Pages
The Superb LyreBird _ Australian Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superb_Lyrebird
From wiki:
Mimicry"One researcher, Sydney Curtis, has recorded flute-like lyrebird calls in the vicinity of the New England National Park.
Similarly, in 1969, a park ranger, Neville Fenton, recorded a lyrebird
song, which resembled flute sounds, in the New England National Park,
near Dorrigo in northern coastal New South Wales. After much detective
work by Fenton, it was discovered that in the 1930s, a flute player
living on a farm adjoining the park used to play tunes near his pet
lyrebird. The lyrebird adopted the tunes into his repertoire, and
retained them after release into the park. Neville Fenton forwarded a
tape of his recording to Norman Robinson.
Because a lyrebird is able to carry two tunes at the same time,
Robinson filtered out one of the tunes and put it on the phonograph for
the purposes of analysis. The song represents a modified version of two
popular tunes in the 1930s: "The Keel Row" and "Mosquito's Dance". Musicologist David Rothenberg has endorsed this information."
Stamps http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/12000200.htm
http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/feature/nature/lyrebird.htm
David Attenborough's famous lyrebird on Youtube
"This is David Attenborough's rated number 1 TV moment. The amazing Lyre Bird with is superb sounds imitations! It is very real, and truly amazing. Research this bird anywhere on the net. This bird can imitate/mimic a Camera, Chainsaws & Car Alarms."
Bird in Backyards
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