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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: tom b on January 20, 2012, 07:52:28 pm

Title: Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird – that was a camera shutter
Post by: tom b on January 20, 2012, 07:52:28 pm

The video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y&feature=player_embedded) – sorry for the short ad at the beginning,

Lyre birds are fantastic mimics…

Cheers,

Title: Re: Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird – that was a camera shutter
Post by: mediumcool on January 21, 2012, 07:07:48 am

And here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWitAc7-MgU&feature=relmfu) is Chook from the Adelaide Zoo, now sadly dead. The saw sound is astonishing.

Title: Re: Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird – that was a camera shutter
Post by: degrub on January 21, 2012, 11:58:49 am

Jurong bird park in Singapore has a number of Lyre birds. A few times i have heard them there.