It’s funny how many of these calls you recognise, but never paid attention to, and never knew what the birds look like. They’re just floating around in the back of your mind.
The whipbird.. omg I'm so glad I finally got a name to it, I live on a beautiful Island and I hear it every morning.. probably my favourite sound from a bird!
Sapphire Thanks for your comment! I'm glad that I could help you identify the bird. Their call is perhaps only #2 on my list; the Grey Shrike-thrush is #1, because their voice is so melodic and the variety of calls they make is terrific.
also fun fact, the whipbird in the video was a male, they do the one long loud whistle tone. If mated, the females will respond with two short bursts after the males call. In the last call of the male in the video, you can hear the female respond with her whistles. Its pretty cool to listen to!!! Even if she doesnt respond half the time.
@@sweetdreamz_jpg Thanks for that! When I uploaded that call to Wikimedia, I actually explained that but didn't think of it, when I prepared this video. The male's call is unmistakable, whereas the 3 little tweets at the end could be any bird, if your 'fun fact' wasn't widely known - which I'm sure it isn't. Here's the link to my Wiki entry: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Whipbird.ogg
Until I found out that that sound came from a bird I thought it was an electronic device in the forest put there for some reason hahahaha. Amazing sound!
as someone who been living away from Australia this video helps a lot with homesickness, the bird call at 2:45 gives me strong memories of my holidays to the beach
Hahaha!! My daughter used to walk to the bus stop up our lane but she refused to at certain times of the year because these things rivalled their magpie mates in the "dive-bombing" stakes! Cheers.
@@rosiestropicalfun These birds make nests and lay their eggs on the ground in open fields so that they can guard against predators. If you walk anywhere near them they will swoop down and create loud noises to scare you away. I hope this helps! Cheers from Oz! 🦘
@@AussieBrit I see now. I hope everything is okay in Australia. Here in Bahariterra we aren't as lucky and successful as Australia at keeping maCarona at bay. Many died. Our family and friends in USA have it even worse! ❤🇦🇺🌎
I do have a fairly unusual imagination (although my strong point tends to be making wild imaginary things very real!), but funnily enough, this time I'm actually referring to a gentleman here on UA-cam who is pretty much known for being Australian, wearing no socks while performing DIY, and interacting with Aussie magpies. Alex from I Did A Thing, he's got quite the imagination!
In central coast hinterland whip birds, bellbirds, black cockatoos, lyrebirds, kookaburras etc, together with cicadas are sometimes so loud that ear plugs are needed.
I hadn't heard of the Tomaree Peninsula, so I had to look it up in Google Maps - and I've been real close to it!! Yes, I was once a rep and had a place at Shoal Bay that was one of my calls! Can you believe that??? Anyway, I'm glad you liked the Wonga Pigeon's call! When I recorded it, I couldn't see the bird (if it was a bird!) but the call was ID's for me and, later, I took the photo of the injured Wonga on the fence, where I lived at the time.
Thanks for your wonderful comment, Tri Arb! No-one has reported anything along these lines before. I can imagine that there would be some of your local birds, who would be very interested!
4:50 Grey Butcherbird brings back a lot of childhood memories playing outside amongst the trees, it has a sound that instantly makes you feel like your outdoors
Fright Bat You were very lucky. I lived in Wollongong when I was young and used to frequent a fair section of the bush there but never heard one. It wasn't until I was 22 that I heard my first Bellbirds; that was on the Central Coast, as I was riding my push bike through there on the way to Brisbane. I had to ask people at the next place I stopped to ID the bird for me. "No problem" they said!
This is a wonderful collection of Australian bird songs. My favourite would have to be the butcher bird. They have a wide variety of beautiful melodic songs. One of them I was able to play on the piano because the pitch exactly matched the piano notes. Thankyou for posting this.
Thank you. The one thing you cannot explain to people the actual sound of our birds to those who have never heard them. Plus the song of the Currawong always brings back quiet still pleasant afternoon at school sitting inside the classroom and hearing their song, many many moons ago now.
Thank you, mullity1952! I love Currawongs, too! When I was in my latter years of high school, during winter I would sometimes go and just sit in a local park to listen to them. I think that may be where I got my love for Aussie birds and other wildlife.
The magpie's call is really fascinating! It's almost like a digital bird call instead of a natural sound! The New Hollyand Honeyeater sounds like he's trying to beatbox xD
That's an interesting comment, Illumina! With the magpie, there are actually two of them singing to each other and I noticed another bird in the background. I wasn't able to eliminate the call of the other bird. Re the NH Honeyeater, you really amazed me with that comparison!
Magpies have syrinxes which are basically 2 sets of larynx & can produce 2 different sounds at the same time. That's why they can often sound like 2 birds singing in unison.
At Coolongatta is where they cought my attention. Over there the exact double gurgling harmonic sound is so precise and pronounced it reminds of a Swiss horn and a Yoodle combined.
Thank you for this, spent like 45 minutes and several videos trying to find out the names of the birds in my backyard and finally found the Pied Currawong.
@CatfishShotgun Thank you! Yes, I love the warble of Maggies, too, but I lose some of that love, when one attacks me, as I ride my bike - as one did just this afternoon! In my own street!!
looking for the name of a bird who sounds like 'oh wow'. Each morning I get greeted by two or more birds in this new area I am currently living. Never heard it before but brings the biggest smile each morning. 'Oh Wow' 'Oh Wow'
Thank you for that. I live on the Central Coast NSW and I go out early in the morning with my cup of coffee and listen to all the beautiful bird calls. It’s Mother Earth’s orchestra. ❤️👍✌️
2:12 since I moved to Australia I have been looking for the bird that makes that call!!! Everyone I have asked have never paid attention to that bird call
Just what I was looking for....the owners of the sounds that turned out to be lyrebird, whipbird, and magpie. And then found a lot of other birds that make distinctive and unusual sounds. Seems Australia has a corner on the market. Unusual fauna and flora that surprises and delights.
Many thanks Brian Ward. I watch a lot of Aussie westerns and adventure films (Proposition, Walkabout) and the otherworldly sounds I hear over and over have stayed with me for years. I'm just now seeking their sources.
@kerrywoods5314 Yes, I always enjoyed listening to them when I'd wander through the bush. Hardly hear any calls where I am now (small country town), mostly Currawongs, Magpies, Rainbow Lorikeets, etc.
I’m loving this as since I moved to acreage I have bought a bird book and just love finding out who they all are. This video is wonderfully done, thank you.
I love this!! It must have taken a lot of effort to put this together.. the sounds and the beautiful photos. Much appreciated! . It does remind me of many happy days bush walking in my childhood.
Thank you so much Brian. This has made me feel very happy this Sunday morning. Such wonderful calls. I live on a golf eco estate here in Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa and we have a wide range of wonderful birds living here as we have lots of tree canopy. Some have quite similar calls to these. I have to say that the Magpies are my favourite. Have the best day in Australia and regards to you 💫🇿🇦
@@Ne0nRaVeNgUrL93 I’ve encountered crows in other states and countries and they do not sound anything like the crows that have overpopulated where I live now.
The students have been so pleased to recognise some of the beautiful bird sounds they often hear in your wonderful video presentation. Thank you for including the images and the names of the birds. Many students are now learning the bird names that go with their favourite Sounds of Australia and the Australian Bush. Thank you so much Mr Ward.
Thank you so much for this lovely video. I'm heading to the UK next year, and sitting here listening to the Aussie birds sing this morning, I realize how much I'll miss this. I have saved it to remind me. Blessings xx
Pied currawong call reminds me of autumn and winter, I swear they semi migrate and they come every early winter Also the masked lapwing call, if you plan on camping anywhere in East Australia get ready to hear that all night lol
GOOD MORNING Brian, I am back to listen to your bird call videos. They are incredibly beautiful on so many levels. I have been sharing these videos with friends and co-workers who are all 'atuned' to the sounds of our world, especially the birds. I am a teacher and sharing the knowledge with our children who have started to appreciate birds on a completely different level now as a result of your work.
@anAngelisHard2find (great pseudonym!) Thanks for the kudos! I'm glad that school students are learning a little; that really elates me, actually. Do you have a favourite?
@@brianward7724 Hi Brian, I will let you know EXACTLY which bird I truly appreciate when I have some time to dedicate to listen and think about the differences. I love all the sounds actually, but surely there will be one that raises my spirit every time !
This is an excellent resource to help me identify the birds where I live. Great photos and I love the fact that you have been able to produce the individual bird calls without background noises from other birds. Thank you so much.
@Mrs Reed Thank you! It took a fair amount of time to edit background calls and noise out but I had a terrific program that enabled me to do it. Glad you appreciate the effort!
I live in Canada, and have always wanted to visit Australia and observe the amazing diversity of wildlife you guys have, I find it fascinating! Great video!
This is an excellent resource for people wanting to know what they are hearing without necessarily seeing the birds responsible. Got most of these on the farm here in south-east Queensland expect for about 6 of them.
@@brianward7724 Some species move around depending on the weather and the availability of the flowers and seeds. I meant to suggest putting together a sound track for nocturnal species as they tend to be particularly difficult to spot and identify. I recently discovered some powerful owls in the area during the mating season and it was quite difficult identifying them.
wonderful - thank you. Every morning I go into my back garden in Sydney just to hear the birds sing. So fortunate to have such a variety of birds here.! I also have an assortment come and visit through the day. I used to have a magpie sit on various window sills looking in at me or waiting at the back door for me to say hello. He comes around every so often. I love my birds - they bring such joy and lift my spirits every single day. I've done frequent walks in Europe and I was feeling unsettled until I asked our guide why is it so silent and where are the birds - the farmers shoot them was his answer.
mazzleton Thanks for your comment, though the last part of it is rather sad. I live in a farming area, where farmers don't like birds that sometimes take newly-born lambs, as well as others that get to the seed they've just planted. As far as I know, they mostly ignore these things, because they know that native birds are protected.
@@brianward7724 Thanks Brian .... it was in Northern Italy where I was walking and it was so quiet with no bird sounds and, with a country background and now living in Sydney, I take these variety of bird calls and bird song for granted. Yes, they can be a problem but they are still part of us and can be managed and most farmers do just this. I love Australian farmers!
Ah, it’s a Dollarbird!! I’ve never been able to identify that bird. So if it quacks like a duck, it ain’t always a duck! Great set of bird sounds, I’ve often wondered what the Lyre birds true sound is. The Tawny Frogmouth had me searching all over the house for the strange alarm sound, until I was right under it & finally looked up.
For anyone in NSW looking for a super loud annoying bird call that sometimes occurs at night, it's likely the mating call of a male *koel bird* Google the sound
Some marvelouse birds and their calls. I recognize a few, but still some I hear locally I cannot find out what they are. We call the Common Koel Storm Birds.
What a wonderful collection you have put together! 🙏Thankyou. I hear so many of these around home and when walking & hiking. It's certainly helped me 'put a name to a face' or better still ' a bird to a sound'! You have helped us solve some tricky questions too😊
Toni-Maree Ellis That's almost exactly the reason that I started recording their calls, as well as trying to photograph them. Glad you enjoyed the end product!
Thank you for these recordings: they bring back lovely memories of life in the Australian bush. May I suggest that you have somebody from Vision Australia give advice on using text colour that is highly contrasted to background bush colours. I couldn't see many of the labels: I'm told they were red with bush-green backgrounds.
@JoodzStuff Thanks for the suggestion. You're not the first to mention this problem. If you check out the video again and click on or tap 'SHOW MORE', there is a list of each individual bird and the time they appear. I am unable to correct this video but, if I ever do another similar one, I will certainly change the ID tags.
Brian, thank you from America for these wonderful sounds and photos, as well as the match index! Australian birds have such interesting names too. As a zoo docent, I remember the bellbird and others calling in the huge netted area in the center of the Bird House. I have known about the kookaburra for years, singing the song about it in Girl Scouts. Thank you for sharing the gift of this great podcast w the rest of the world.
@Nancy Thank you so much! Gee, I never thought of it as a podcast! Re the Kookaburra song, you're not the first one to mention it. Funny thing is, though, that I had NEVER even heard of it, until I was an adult. Maybe the schools were backward, when I was a kid, because I read that it was composed in 1932. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it! PS: I had to look up the meaning of 'docent'.....
@@brianward7724 Brian, I am desperately trying to find out what this sound is, I've been trying to find out for 10 years. I am 52 and have heard and seen many Australian birds, but not this. I went to a google thread years ago to ask this question, and one other woman from Queensland was asking the same question. At one point in the video I check the telstra box and what ever that other thing is on the front lawn, I'm spinning so fast because it is coming from everywhere...this was the loudest it's ever been, it starts around 3ish and it stopped around 7.30 I have checked wires houses the fire station pole across the Rd because it has a spinning thing inside, I don't know what to do, it is loud and unfortunately windy, I have also put 2 other videos up, one from my front door where this starts, and one from earlier in the day before I took this video, can you help 🙏 I am in Hobart Tasmania Australia. Bless you if you know, also the sound never ever changes except this time being louder. Thank you 🙂. ua-cam.com/video/T2DzKIkLjUk/v-deo.html
@@megs4193 There is so much background noise that I can't really say I heard the bird call. HOWEVER, going by your 'oooo', I think it could be a Tawny Frogmouth. They have a variety of calls but there's one on this page that may be the one you're looking for: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Podargus-strigoides I hope it's the one.
@@brianward7724 sorry about that, normally I move it stops, this is in a suburb which is normally very quiet, but when this started cars came from everywhere, it the wind was already picking up, and I just had to get it while I could, and you need headphones to hear it properly. Thank you so very much for having a look. I honestly didn't think you would even see my video. You have a very popular channel. I appreciate it 👋🙂🇦🇺🐨🕊.
@@brianward7724 I just had a look and sadly no. 10 years, the sound is all around, and nowhere at the same time. It loud right near my front door, then loud near the road, then left then right, then it stops then starts somewhere else 🤷♀️🥴 I have even been looking up species of frogs which I do hear after rain, but nothing, and it seems to always start around 3 and continues until it's dark. It's fascinating and frustrating 🙂 thank you again. I really appreciate you checking 👍 definitely subscribed.
Thank you for this sound video. I live in a Melbourne suburb & in the last few years there has been an increase in the variety & number of birdlife. .i love getting up early to their songs
Down near my dads, near the backyard we have like a little path next to a forest and we hear galahs at the front and superb fairy wrens and see them too. They're like really small and light blue
Yes, the Butcherbird is one of the veritable psychopaths of the bird world because he looks handsome and sounds beautiful but his habits are not all that delightful when you find out what he gets up to behind closed doors. Let's just say that he didn't earn the butcher moniker by accident! Cheers.
Thank you! Some of those call I have heard in the bush nearby but I never knew the little ones. PS: The King Parrots are so smart and friendly - I have one that occasionally drops by my home looking for handouts and I swear it knows me! I only feed it when I see it as I don’t want to be feeding the local cockatoos/lorikeets/crested pigeons on a regular basis.
It’s funny how many of these calls you recognise, but never paid attention to, and never knew what the birds look like.
They’re just floating around in the back of your mind.
That’s why I’m here. I just want to know what these certain birds are that I hear all the time
I play this clip whenever I’m overseas and missing the bird calls from home.
It’s great to be finally able to match a call to a bird.
@Testing386 Glad you're able to use it that way!
The whipbird.. omg I'm so glad I finally got a name to it, I live on a beautiful Island and I hear it every morning.. probably my favourite sound from a bird!
Sapphire Thanks for your comment! I'm glad that I could help you identify the bird. Their call is perhaps only #2 on my list; the Grey Shrike-thrush is #1, because their voice is so melodic and the variety of calls they make is terrific.
also fun fact, the whipbird in the video was a male, they do the one long loud whistle tone. If mated, the females will respond with two short bursts after the males call. In the last call of the male in the video, you can hear the female respond with her whistles. Its pretty cool to listen to!!! Even if she doesnt respond half the time.
@@sweetdreamz_jpg Thanks for that! When I uploaded that call to Wikimedia, I actually explained that but didn't think of it, when I prepared this video. The male's call is unmistakable, whereas the 3 little tweets at the end could be any bird, if your 'fun fact' wasn't widely known - which I'm sure it isn't. Here's the link to my Wiki entry: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Whipbird.ogg
Hello Sapphire how are you doing ...?
Until I found out that that sound came from a bird I thought it was an electronic device in the forest put there for some reason hahahaha. Amazing sound!
as someone who been living away from Australia this video helps a lot with homesickness, the bird call at 2:45 gives me strong memories of my holidays to the beach
This guy's flying all over Blacktown Sydney.
When you hear a plover you know you gotta start running if your in school
Hahaha!! My daughter used to walk to the bus stop up our lane but she refused to at certain times of the year because these things rivalled their magpie mates in the "dive-bombing" stakes! Cheers.
I don't understand. I'm not from Oz. Please fill me in. Love and wellness to you from Bahariterra.
@@rosiestropicalfun These birds make nests and lay their eggs on the ground in open fields so that they can guard against predators. If you walk anywhere near them they will swoop down and create loud noises to scare you away. I hope this helps! Cheers from Oz! 🦘
@@AussieBrit I see now. I hope everything is okay in Australia. Here in Bahariterra we aren't as lucky and successful as Australia at keeping maCarona at bay. Many died. Our family and friends in USA have it even worse! ❤🇦🇺🌎
hahaha
I’m pretty drunk right now and Australian nature is so beautiful I’m so glad to be born in and live in this country
I love whip birds!! Every time I go to a rainforest i just stay still and listen to them fly all around.
There sounds scared the crap out of me just now!
I hear the Australian Magpie, and instantly expect to hear "How you going?" from a tall guy wearing an apron... and no socks.
@Corvid Man-o-man, you have a great imagination!
I do have a fairly unusual imagination (although my strong point tends to be making wild imaginary things very real!), but funnily enough, this time I'm actually referring to a gentleman here on UA-cam who is pretty much known for being Australian, wearing no socks while performing DIY, and interacting with Aussie magpies. Alex from I Did A Thing, he's got quite the imagination!
If you live on the rural areas of the Gold Coast, Magpies and pied butcherbirds are music to our ears and you know the sun will be rising up shortly.
i grew up on the Gold Coast. lived up beachmont overlooking the hinze dam. i do miss it
like a new world
I don't know if it's just me but I always hear Pied Currawong in the afternoon! I live in ( Gold Coast )
Also in Bayside, Melbourne.
Lovely calls.
The pied Butcherbird song ❤️❤️❤️ so hauntingly beautiful…and so complex!
The Kiri Te Kanawa of birds!
In central coast hinterland whip birds, bellbirds, black cockatoos, lyrebirds, kookaburras etc, together with cicadas are sometimes so loud that ear plugs are needed.
hazchem You're kidding, right? Though I must admit that some cicadas make the head hurt.
@@brianward7724 I'm serious. Sometimes, ear bursting.
With all these lockdowns,miss getting out birdwatching,hearing these birds brings some joy to the heart,thanks
Greg Thompson My pleasure. Glad you found it therapeutic.
you can have our local pair of wonga pidgeons non stop whooping all day
Shame..but you locked yourself down
thanks Brian for identifying the Wonga Pigeon which is whooping it up on the Tomaree Peninsula, Worimi Country
I hadn't heard of the Tomaree Peninsula, so I had to look it up in Google Maps - and I've been real close to it!! Yes, I was once a rep and had a place at Shoal Bay that was one of my calls! Can you believe that??? Anyway, I'm glad you liked the Wonga Pigeon's call! When I recorded it, I couldn't see the bird (if it was a bird!) but the call was ID's for me and, later, I took the photo of the injured Wonga on the fence, where I lived at the time.
Omg so funny sitting outside playing this. The responses in my backyard are amazing!
Thanks for your wonderful comment, Tri Arb! No-one has reported anything along these lines before. I can imagine that there would be some of your local birds, who would be very interested!
SAME! My window is open and a bird started replying :) PS: It's still replying in earnest. It's very interested.
2:31 BORBY PIGEON
4:50 Grey Butcherbird brings back a lot of childhood memories playing outside amongst the trees, it has a sound that instantly makes you feel like your outdoors
Brian this beautiful. Thank you so much for your efforts in putting it together and sharing it with all of us.
@Kerrin Fleming So glad you liked and appreciated it!
I wanted to thank you as well. Especially the way you broke it up into sections so we could play the particular bird call we wanted. Thanks again
36 years old and I have finally found the whipbird it's always made me feel at home when I hear it along in amongst pied currawong and magpies songs
Remember as a kid in 70s and early 80s driving down the Bells Line into Sydney and opening windows in car to hear the bell birds. ♥️
Fright Bat You were very lucky. I lived in Wollongong when I was young and used to frequent a fair section of the bush there but never heard one. It wasn't until I was 22 that I heard my first Bellbirds; that was on the Central Coast, as I was riding my push bike through there on the way to Brisbane. I had to ask people at the next place I stopped to ID the bird for me. "No problem" they said!
Same here! We used to drive up to Bilpin on the Bells Line of Road to buy apples as a kid! The Bellbirds were amazing to hear. Cheers.
Bunch of these just made me feel nostalgic but it did help me find out that the call I didn’t know belongs to the wag tails
This is a wonderful collection of Australian bird songs. My favourite would have to be the butcher bird. They have a wide variety of beautiful melodic songs. One of them I was able to play on the piano because the pitch exactly matched the piano notes. Thankyou for posting this.
Thank you. The one thing you cannot explain to people the actual sound of our birds to those who have never heard them. Plus the song of the Currawong always brings back quiet still pleasant afternoon at school sitting inside the classroom and hearing their song, many many moons ago now.
Thank you, mullity1952! I love Currawongs, too! When I was in my latter years of high school, during winter I would sometimes go and just sit in a local park to listen to them. I think that may be where I got my love for Aussie birds and other wildlife.
The song of the currawong brings me to tears, it’s so nostalgic for me
guess we have the same fond memory then :) something about the currawongs's call just conjures up bittersweet sentimentality in me
the pied butcherbird seems to have the most melodic call out of the lot. very nice
I know right. It sounds like a jolly little flute.
Artamids (magpies, currawongs, and butcherbirds) are known for their complex, beautiful calls.
We're so lucky to have such amazing wildlife in Australia. Thanks for a great video!
@Warble Durbler Thank you! Yes, we are very lucky.
Expect the plover and magpie and the noisy miner
The magpie's call is really fascinating! It's almost like a digital bird call instead of a natural sound! The New Hollyand Honeyeater sounds like he's trying to beatbox xD
That's an interesting comment, Illumina! With the magpie, there are actually two of them singing to each other and I noticed another bird in the background. I wasn't able to eliminate the call of the other bird. Re the NH Honeyeater, you really amazed me with that comparison!
Magpies have syrinxes which are basically 2 sets of larynx & can produce 2 different sounds at the same time.
That's why they can often sound like 2 birds singing in unison.
At Coolongatta is where they cought my attention. Over there the exact double gurgling harmonic sound is so precise and pronounced it reminds of a Swiss horn and a Yoodle combined.
Thanks enjoyed watching and listening.
I love hearing the bell and whip birds in the national parks on camp trips. Such a relaxing sound.
Thank you for this, spent like 45 minutes and several videos trying to find out the names of the birds in my backyard and finally found the Pied Currawong.
Jessica Jenkins Glad you found my video helpful!!
My favourite birdcall.
Hello Jessica how are you doing ...?
Great video......love to know what birds I can hear in my north western Sydney neighbourhood!
@luminair11 Glad you liked it! Many of the birds in the video are widespread, so you would have heard some of them, for sure.
Looove the warble of magpies.
Whipbird is iconic for hikes under a tall canopy.
Currawong and Pied Butcherbird calls are great, too.
@CatfishShotgun Thank you! Yes, I love the warble of Maggies, too, but I lose some of that love, when one attacks me, as I ride my bike - as one did just this afternoon! In my own street!!
looking for the name of a bird who sounds like 'oh wow'. Each morning I get greeted by two or more birds in this new area I am currently living. Never heard it before but brings the biggest smile each morning. 'Oh Wow' 'Oh Wow'
@Desiree Delaloye Sorry, can't help you with that one.
That tawny frogmouth sounds like a mobile phone set for maximum annoyance.
Perhaps, but I live hearing them at night.
Thank you. I'm British and I've been watching a lot of Australian TV. They always use the same stock audio. Turns out it's the Australian Magpie.
Thank you for that. I live on the Central Coast NSW and I go out early in the morning with my cup of coffee and listen to all the beautiful bird calls. It’s Mother Earth’s orchestra. ❤️👍✌️
Bev Cliffe Yes, it's terrific, isn't it? The Dawn Chorus, they call it.
Hello Bev how are you doing ...?
2:12 since I moved to Australia I have been looking for the bird that makes that call!!! Everyone I have asked have never paid attention to that bird call
@first_m3m3 Glad I could help!
My cats loves this sound. All cats gathered and was drawn to my phone. Thanks so much.
Shazwani Zainul I hope you liked it, too!
Loved it thank you. Feels a little bit like an express visit
Always wanted to know what bird made that sound that's always in Australian wildlife documentaries. Finally have a name to it - Eastern Whipbird.
Just what I was looking for....the owners of the sounds that turned out to be lyrebird, whipbird, and magpie. And then found a lot of other birds that make distinctive and unusual sounds. Seems Australia has a corner on the market. Unusual fauna and flora that surprises and delights.
@lou Yes, our birds and their calls are many and varied!
Many thanks Brian Ward. I watch a lot of Aussie westerns and adventure films (Proposition, Walkabout) and the otherworldly sounds I hear over and over have stayed with me for years. I'm just now seeking their sources.
@Joe Taylor Glad to be able to help!
Great collection. I live backing on to Berowra National Park & I hear a lot these everyday. They bring me such joy.❤
@kerrywoods5314 Yes, I always enjoyed listening to them when I'd wander through the bush. Hardly hear any calls where I am now (small country town), mostly Currawongs, Magpies, Rainbow Lorikeets, etc.
I’m loving this as since I moved to acreage I have bought a bird book and just love finding out who they all are. This video is wonderfully done, thank you.
Nothing beats the bell birds and the eastern whip bird and the kookaburras 👌🏼
@odell crittenden They are hard to beat.
I love this!! It must have taken a lot of effort to put this together.. the sounds and the beautiful photos. Much appreciated! . It does remind me of many happy days bush walking in my childhood.
So glad you liked it, Julia Nihill!!!
Hello Julia how are you doing ...?
Lived here for 55yrs and finally see what bird with what call. Thank you!
Kim Kingham Glad it was useful for you!
The eastern whipbird always makes me feel like the dawn isn’t breaking but snapping, one bird I’ve never seen but always hear.
@TheCherrykye Yes, they are difficult to spot, because they tend to stay in thick underbrush. There's no mistaking their call, though.
thanks for sharing...I often wonder what bird I'm hearing
Thank you so much Brian. This has made me feel very happy this Sunday morning. Such wonderful calls. I live on a golf eco estate here in Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa and we have a wide range of wonderful birds living here as we have lots of tree canopy. Some have quite similar calls to these. I have to say that the Magpies are my favourite. Have the best day in Australia and regards to you 💫🇿🇦
@Georgie Walker Thanks for your wonderful comment!
Excellent video! The yellow tale black cockatoos often reminds me of screechy chairs.
Thank you! As soon as the bloody crows disappear all those nice birds reappear.
I personally think the crows and ravens also make amazing sounds with those birds too
@@Ne0nRaVeNgUrL93 I’ve encountered crows in other states and countries and they do not sound anything like the crows that have overpopulated where I live now.
@@DrAnisIrani Oh those crows? Those are called Australian ravens
The students have been so pleased to recognise some of the beautiful bird sounds they often hear in your wonderful video presentation. Thank you for including the images and the names of the birds. Many students are now learning the bird names that go with their favourite Sounds of Australia and the Australian Bush. Thank you so much Mr Ward.
Thank you! I’ve had a bunch pied butcher birds in my yard for weeks now and I’m so happy I know what they look like now
Thank you so much for this lovely video. I'm heading to the UK next year, and sitting here listening to the Aussie birds sing this morning, I realize how much I'll miss this. I have saved it to remind me. Blessings xx
@tamsin1969 I'm glad to hear that it will be of use to you in the Old Dart! (Hey, you're not that 'famous' Tamsin, are you? The athlete, I mean.)
Pied currawong call reminds me of autumn and winter, I swear they semi migrate and they come every early winter
Also the masked lapwing call, if you plan on camping anywhere in East Australia get ready to hear that all night lol
The pied butcherbird has a very beautiful call. Thank you for the video
GOOD MORNING Brian, I am back to listen to your bird call videos. They are incredibly beautiful on so many levels. I have been sharing these videos with friends and co-workers who are all 'atuned' to the sounds of our world, especially the birds. I am a teacher and sharing the knowledge with our children who have started to appreciate birds on a completely different level now as a result of your work.
@anAngelisHard2find (great pseudonym!) Thanks for the kudos! I'm glad that school students are learning a little; that really elates me, actually. Do you have a favourite?
@@brianward7724 Hi Brian, I will let you know EXACTLY which bird I truly appreciate when I have some time to dedicate to listen and think about the differences. I love all the sounds actually, but surely there will be one that raises my spirit every time !
This is an excellent resource to help me identify the birds where I live. Great photos and I love the fact that you have been able to produce the individual bird calls without background noises from other birds.
Thank you so much.
@Mrs Reed Thank you! It took a fair amount of time to edit background calls and noise out but I had a terrific program that enabled me to do it. Glad you appreciate the effort!
Visited Australia last month & i miss all of the bird sounds, especially the whipbird!
I live in Canada, and have always wanted to visit Australia and observe the amazing diversity of wildlife you guys have, I find it fascinating! Great video!
@Tegan Wright Thank you! I hope you are able to visit one day.
I am in Australia the birds sound AMAZING
Budgies, zebra finches and cockatiels are native here, great birds
This is an excellent resource for people wanting to know what they are hearing without necessarily seeing the birds responsible. Got most of these on the farm here in south-east Queensland expect for about 6 of them.
@Jon H That's great. Hope they stick around for you.
@@brianward7724 Some species move around depending on the weather and the availability of the flowers and seeds. I meant to suggest putting together a sound track for nocturnal species as they tend to be particularly difficult to spot and identify. I recently discovered some powerful owls in the area during the mating season and it was quite difficult identifying them.
wonderful - thank you. Every morning I go into my back garden in Sydney just to hear the birds sing. So fortunate to have such a variety of birds here.! I also have an assortment come and visit through the day. I used to have a magpie sit on various window sills looking in at me or waiting at the back door for me to say hello. He comes around every so often. I love my birds - they bring such joy and lift my spirits every single day. I've done frequent walks in Europe and I was feeling unsettled until I asked our guide why is it so silent and where are the birds - the farmers shoot them was his answer.
mazzleton Thanks for your comment, though the last part of it is rather sad. I live in a farming area, where farmers don't like birds that sometimes take newly-born lambs, as well as others that get to the seed they've just planted. As far as I know, they mostly ignore these things, because they know that native birds are protected.
@@brianward7724 Thanks Brian .... it was in Northern Italy where I was walking and it was so quiet with no bird sounds and, with a country background and now living in Sydney, I take these variety of bird calls and bird song for granted. Yes, they can be a problem but they are still part of us and can be managed and most farmers do just this. I love Australian farmers!
Bonjour a tous! Super video des oiseaux jolies et tres belles! Bravo! Merci beaucoup 😊👍👍👍🐦🦜🖐️🖐️
@mamiiicab9184 Merci beaucoup!
Ah, it’s a Dollarbird!!
I’ve never been able to identify that bird. So if it quacks like a duck, it ain’t always a duck!
Great set of bird sounds, I’ve often wondered what the Lyre birds true sound is.
The Tawny Frogmouth had me searching all over the house for the strange alarm sound, until I was right under it & finally looked up.
a beautiful bird with a melodious voice, has beautiful colorful feathers 👍🤗👍
2:45 When you been awake too long
The Joshua Tree 2 Do you mean that the call of the Masked Lapwing aka Plover would put you to sleep?
Yep
And the Magpies
Hands down crows are the worst for trying to sleep with a hangover
Maaaahhhhhhh
Waaaahhhhhhh
@@brianward7724 LOL.
@@mitch19636 what's up? I love birds of foreign places. Much love from Bahariterra.
Beautiful songs of al this exotics birds!.
For anyone in NSW looking for a super loud annoying bird call that sometimes occurs at night, it's likely the mating call of a male *koel bird*
Google the sound
Just the bird call I came here to try and identify! Thanks! I'm new to NSW and you are right- it's SO annoying!!
Being parasitic egg-layers, the wattlebirds chase those koels like crazy.
Some marvelouse birds and their calls. I recognize a few, but still some I hear locally I cannot find out what they are. We call the Common Koel Storm Birds.
@54wendel Yes, the Koel is known by a number of different names, not all of them printable, thanks to their early morning habits!
I get a ton of theses birds right outside my window in the morning, it’s nice to wake up to
So do I what state you live in
@@declan7164 I live in QLD
I had a group of new holland/yellow honeyeater this evening here in Perth WA. It was a huge
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo: And now for something completely different... [SCREECHING]
What a wonderful collection you have put together! 🙏Thankyou. I hear so many of these around home and when walking & hiking. It's certainly helped me 'put a name to a face' or better still ' a bird to a sound'! You have helped us solve some tricky questions too😊
@1957bluebird Thanks so much! I'm glad it was of use to you!
Thankyou so much for this post. I love it! So good to be able to put the names of the beautiful birds that I hear on my walks. 💓
Toni-Maree Ellis That's almost exactly the reason that I started recording their calls, as well as trying to photograph them. Glad you enjoyed the end product!
Thank you for this. My 4-month old really enjoys listening to these bird calls.
I’ve heard at least half of these, great education to discover who sang what!
This is great 😁😉 thanks very much 🤗🤭. Now I know just who is making all the noise across the road in the mornings ? 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for these recordings: they bring back lovely memories of life in the Australian bush. May I suggest that you have somebody from Vision Australia give advice on using text colour that is highly contrasted to background bush colours. I couldn't see many of the labels: I'm told they were red with bush-green backgrounds.
@JoodzStuff Thanks for the suggestion. You're not the first to mention this problem. If you check out the video again and click on or tap 'SHOW MORE', there is a list of each individual bird and the time they appear. I am unable to correct this video but, if I ever do another similar one, I will certainly change the ID tags.
@@brianward7724 Thank you Brian.
The pied butcherbird's song actually has a melody.
Imagine at like the opera house and hearing all those birds at ones it would be pretty crazy
I literally just pondered that. Imagine the harmonics you could get!
At “like” what does that even mean. Are you a 12 yo girl?
@@justanaussie2822 well I’m 9 so ye
And a boy
Yeah, you should try living at my joint, at certain times of the year that's EXACTLY what it sounds like! Hahaha...cheers!
I really enjoy bird songs. I often try and trade songs with birds in my backyard. 👍😎
i was seracing for the whipbird for ages thanks!
yes me too!!, thank you!
me too!!!!! love their call so much
Every single camping trip I would hear these guys!
Same same! Finally found it
Same here haha
the dollarbird sounds like a voice comes out of a piezo speaker!
Thank you Brian. Excellent work. Your efforts are much appreciated.
jazzguitarmichael Thanks so much!
I finally know what kind of bird was making that weird noise, a whipbird! Thank you :)
Brian, thank you from America for these wonderful sounds and photos, as well as the match index! Australian birds have such interesting names too. As a zoo docent, I remember the bellbird and others calling in the huge netted area in the center of the Bird House. I have known about the kookaburra for years, singing the song about it in Girl Scouts. Thank you for sharing the gift of this great podcast w the rest of the world.
@Nancy Thank you so much! Gee, I never thought of it as a podcast! Re the Kookaburra song, you're not the first one to mention it. Funny thing is, though, that I had NEVER even heard of it, until I was an adult. Maybe the schools were backward, when I was a kid, because I read that it was composed in 1932. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it! PS: I had to look up the meaning of 'docent'.....
@@brianward7724 Brian, I am desperately trying to find out what this sound is, I've been trying to find out for 10 years. I am 52 and have heard and seen many Australian birds, but not this. I went to a google thread years ago to ask this question, and one other woman from Queensland was asking the same question. At one point in the video I check the telstra box and what ever that other thing is on the front lawn, I'm spinning so fast because it is coming from everywhere...this was the loudest it's ever been, it starts around 3ish and it stopped around 7.30 I have checked wires houses the fire station pole across the Rd because it has a spinning thing inside, I don't know what to do, it is loud and unfortunately windy, I have also put 2 other videos up, one from my front door where this starts, and one from earlier in the day before I took this video, can you help 🙏 I am in Hobart Tasmania Australia. Bless you if you know, also the sound never ever changes except this time being louder. Thank you 🙂.
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@@megs4193 There is so much background noise that I can't really say I heard the bird call. HOWEVER, going by your 'oooo', I think it could be a Tawny Frogmouth. They have a variety of calls but there's one on this page that may be the one you're looking for: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Podargus-strigoides I hope it's the one.
@@brianward7724 sorry about that, normally I move it stops, this is in a suburb which is normally very quiet, but when this started cars came from everywhere, it the wind was already picking up, and I just had to get it while I could, and you need headphones to hear it properly. Thank you so very much for having a look. I honestly didn't think you would even see my video. You have a very popular channel. I appreciate it 👋🙂🇦🇺🐨🕊.
@@brianward7724 I just had a look and sadly no. 10 years, the sound is all around, and nowhere at the same time. It loud right near my front door, then loud near the road, then left then right, then it stops then starts somewhere else 🤷♀️🥴 I have even been looking up species of frogs which I do hear after rain, but nothing, and it seems to always start around 3 and continues until it's dark. It's fascinating and frustrating 🙂 thank you again. I really appreciate you checking 👍 definitely subscribed.
I started listening to this and all these birds are flying in to my place and talking back to it!! Very cute. Love birds and their calls.
Fabulous, great to be able to match sound with each bird. Thanks so much Brian- wonderful.
@Bronwyn Simpson Thank you!
Thank you for this sound video. I live in a Melbourne suburb & in the last few years there has been an increase in the variety & number of birdlife. .i love getting up early to their songs
If a Wonga Pigeon moves in with you, put your house up for sale
Why is that?
Down near my dads, near the backyard we have like a little path next to a forest and we hear galahs at the front and superb fairy wrens and see them too. They're like really small and light blue
Thank you so much Brian ! My favourites are the Butcher birds and the little guys. I love the photo of the Willy wagtail !
Yes, the Butcherbird is one of the veritable psychopaths of the bird world because he looks handsome and sounds beautiful but his habits are not all that delightful when you find out what he gets up to behind closed doors. Let's just say that he didn't earn the butcher moniker by accident! Cheers.
Hello Catherine how are you doing...?
Ahhh its a Wonga Pidgeon. This bird has been singing day in day out, sounding like a yappy snall dog. Driving me crazy lol
@flip184fencing Glad to help. I hope it helps you cope better with its monotony.
Thank you! Some of those call I have heard in the bush nearby but I never knew the little ones. PS: The King Parrots are so smart and friendly - I have one that occasionally drops by my home looking for handouts and I swear it knows me! I only feed it when I see it as I don’t want to be feeding the local cockatoos/lorikeets/crested pigeons on a regular basis.
I love your profile
I always hear the Pied currawong alot and the MAGPIE in the morning
Thx man I have been searching the name for the pied currawong I love the sound it makes!
@Gamer xe1 Glad it helped you! I love their calls, too!
Ohhhh… eastern whipbird!!!
I hear this bird every day and it reminds me of a rain forest.
Thank you for the video.
@Not Today It was recorded in a semi-rainforest on the Illawarra Range that hems in Wollongong. Glad you liked it!
stone curlews in the park next to my unit. They are not here but anyone who has heard these know!
I’m so blessed where I live as I have a lot of these birds flying around my area. Magpie is my favourite.
Thanks Brian. Very helpful as I am new to Back Yard Bird Watch
As I'm sitting here listening to nature, a Golden Whistler must have heard as I was watching this. It was a beautiful moment!
Thanks for the lovely comment, Sheri F. Wish I had been there to share it with you!
Hello Sheri how are you doing...?
Fantastic video, great celebration of Australian birds! Thank you!
Brook P Thanks for your kind response.