Brian Ward

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Aussie birds and their calls

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  • @doctorbohr1585
    @doctorbohr15852 күн бұрын

    1:55 is that what the bastards look like? 😂

  • @RobinGillespie-l2i
    @RobinGillespie-l2i10 күн бұрын

    Fabulous except for the inclusion of blackbird which is NOT an Australian bird.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 күн бұрын

    @RobinGillespie-I2i Yes, I've had this discussion before. I believe that 'they' (i.e. ornithologists) now regard the European Blackbird as an Aussie, simply because it has assimilated into our environment so well. Also, it is not a threat to existing Aussie species.

  • @jblay4415
    @jblay4415Ай бұрын

    Does anyone know which annoying ass bird starts calling at 6am, going like hau-auuuu every 20 seconds?

  • @araneasmith
    @araneasmith3 ай бұрын

    Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo: And now for something completely different... [SCREECHING]

  • @araneasmith
    @araneasmith3 ай бұрын

    Our Great Pyr, who was born and raised in Canada where I now live, was VERY interested in this video.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77243 ай бұрын

    Ah, I see you're talking about a dog. Yes, dogs and cats will react to bird calls.

  • @juanpabloflorez8183
    @juanpabloflorez81834 ай бұрын

    Thanks for putting this together 👍🙏🏼

  • @Valhalla.Studio
    @Valhalla.Studio5 ай бұрын

    Still can't find the birth that I'm looking for, used to hear it on the Gold Coast, has very distinctive call but cant find it anywhere

  • @blackjacksbbqpitt
    @blackjacksbbqpitt5 ай бұрын

    Great stuff thanks Brian cheers🎉

  • @pranavvaidya3634
    @pranavvaidya36345 ай бұрын

    I'm searching Bird call that sound English pronunciation like "Vic-toria"

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77245 ай бұрын

    @pranavvaidya3634 Sorry, can't help with that one.

  • @bencox614
    @bencox6145 ай бұрын

    Visited Australia last month & i miss all of the bird sounds, especially the whipbird!

  • @ri2064
    @ri20645 ай бұрын

    I finally know what kind of bird was making that weird noise, a whipbird! Thank you :)

  • @54wendel
    @54wendel6 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77246 ай бұрын

    @54wendel Yes, the Koel is known by a number of different names, not all of them printable, thanks to their early morning habits!

  • @b0n3yz
    @b0n3yz6 ай бұрын

    clicked on this video to find that one bird call from when i was younger i'll edit and say the bird if i reconise the call edit: i have no fing idea what bird it is

  • @Aculturalsavagefromaustralia
    @Aculturalsavagefromaustralia6 ай бұрын

    Excellent video! The yellow tale black cockatoos often reminds me of screechy chairs.

  • @electronicfarts5105
    @electronicfarts51056 ай бұрын

    Is the Bell Miner related to the Noisy Miner?

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77246 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @dougallmcmillan8970
    @dougallmcmillan89707 ай бұрын

    I believe there is no more a haunting call than a Bushstone Curlew calling at night and think they should always be included in bird lists. Other than the noise of koalas at night, no other sound is quite disarming as that of the curlew's

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77247 ай бұрын

    @dougallmcmillan8970 Now, how could I have missed that one? Well, firstly I've not had the opportunity to record their call and, secondly, I've never managed to get a photo of one.

  • @bindayirwin1523
    @bindayirwin15237 ай бұрын

    The Greater Sooty Owl is the bird that makes you wish you had Curlews !..

  • @Virginianature7
    @Virginianature77 ай бұрын

    So beautiful!!! Thank you!!! Happy to find your channel! Subscribed!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77247 ай бұрын

    @Virginianature7 Glad you liked it! Thanks for subscribing.

  • @cablenelsonbabygrandpiano842
    @cablenelsonbabygrandpiano8427 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐

  • @shanarussell5549
    @shanarussell55497 ай бұрын

    I'm watching an Australian TV show & keep hearing a bird I can't identify. Show is filmed around Sydney & the bird sounds kind of like an American raven talking, kind of a creepy sound. Does anyone know what it is?

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77247 ай бұрын

    @shanarussell5549 Sorry, I have no idea what an American raven sounds like.

  • @PamelaValemont
    @PamelaValemont7 ай бұрын

    Brian, do you know what bird calls very loudly "Tyler". It was really screeching above me today at Tamborine Mountain in Queensland.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77247 ай бұрын

    @PamelaValemont Sorry, I don't.

  • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
    @BlueBeeMCMLXI8 ай бұрын

    Most Aussie birds will text.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @BlueBeeMCMLXI Ha, ha!

  • @Devo491
    @Devo4918 ай бұрын

    The fantailed cuckoo has eluded me for years, but now I know what I'm looking for, I hope to spot one soon. Thank you! This bird has been driving me crazy...

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @Devo491 Glad to be of service! I only ever heard it, when I lived near the Nepean River, to the south-west of Sydney, but I just enjoyed its call. Even when I managed to get a photo, I still didn't know what it was, but the Ornithologists at the Australian Museum ID'd it from my photo. Same with the audio; I had no idea what bird made the call so I sent it to the crew at the A.M. and they ID'd it - all in a day's work for them!

  • @starbirds2464
    @starbirds24648 ай бұрын

    You should include the spotted dove. I have strong nostalgia hearing that from when I visited by grandparents home in Brisbane and we slept the night then woke up to the lovely warm queensland morning with spotted dove calls slowly easing us awake

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @starbirds2464 Yes, there are lots of birds I could include BUT I like to use my own 'work', i.e. photos and audio, and I just don't have either of those for the Spotted Dove.

  • @1957bluebird
    @1957bluebird8 ай бұрын

    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😊

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @1957bluebird Thanks so much! I'm glad it was of use to you!

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc8 ай бұрын

    What are the birds that make the long single note call that sounds like a child crying at 3 am pls? I thought it was a Plover

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @AZ-so2wc Must be a few typos in your query. I can't make head or tail of it....

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc8 ай бұрын

    @@brianward7724 thanx.. I edited it

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @@AZ-so2wc Okay, I now understand the question. However, I have no idea what bird makes a sound like that. If you are able to record the sound and send that to the ornithologists at the Australian Museum in Sydney, they should be able to ID the bird.

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc8 ай бұрын

    @@brianward7724 I thought it was the Curlew or the Plover... But no one seems to agree 👍🏼

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc8 ай бұрын

    My butcher birds and currawong make very different sounds to those... Local dialect, I guess lol

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @AZ-so2wc Could be.

  • @cgku
    @cgku8 ай бұрын

    I live in sw sydney region + have heard a smallish bird with a horrible annoying call. Brown or black bird + pretty stubborn. You can't shoo it away. Any ideas on what it could be.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @cgku If it has some yellow around its eyes, it is the imported Common Myna aka Indian Mynah. They are pests.

  • @cgku
    @cgku8 ай бұрын

    @@brianward7724 thanks but it isn't the IM. Apologies my description isn't great. The female is greyish. Quite a slimish profile

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @@cgku Sorry, I can't think what else it might be. If you can get a photo and send to me on F/book, I may be able to help you.

  • @Euro.Patriot
    @Euro.Patriot8 ай бұрын

    I've never heard a wagtail make that sound.

  • @Euro.Patriot
    @Euro.Patriot8 ай бұрын

    Now I finally know the red wattle call, I found one with a broken wing two weeks ago and took it to the vet. Haven't heard back yet.

  • @Euro.Patriot
    @Euro.Patriot8 ай бұрын

    I hear the grey butcherbird call all the time and never knew what it was.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @Euro.Patriot Well, that surprises me, because that's their most common call. It's just that the calls vary a little from area to area and this one (recorded @ Scone, NSW) is absolutely the best Willie Wagtail call I've heard.

  • @luminair11
    @luminair118 ай бұрын

    Great video......love to know what birds I can hear in my north western Sydney neighbourhood!

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @luminair11 Glad you liked it! Many of the birds in the video are widespread, so you would have heard some of them, for sure.

  • @CharlieEvans
    @CharlieEvans8 ай бұрын

    Hey Brian - I was wondering if I could get your permission to use some of these bird sounds in a song? (They would be remixed and edited in some way / shape / form). I've been trying to record some of these myself to make a percussive element in a song, but this recording is AMAZING!

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @CharlieEvans That's okay, as long as you list me as the owner/recorder of the calls you use.

  • @CharlieEvans
    @CharlieEvans8 ай бұрын

    @@brianward7724 Thanks Brian! Will absolutely do that, and will let you know if I come up with anything. Thanks & Blessings.

  • @tamsin1969
    @tamsin19698 ай бұрын

    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

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @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.)

  • @tamsin1969
    @tamsin19698 ай бұрын

    Beautiful soul ❤

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77248 ай бұрын

    @tamsin1969 Thank you!

  • @chrisstaylor8377
    @chrisstaylor83779 ай бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @chrisstaylor8377 Thanks! I appreciate that.

  • @liamwaters5451
    @liamwaters54519 ай бұрын

    We have a really fat willy wagtail that lives around our house. His name is terrance

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @liamwaters5451 Is it fat all year round or only during the winter? If the latter, it could be its defence against the cold.

  • @liamwaters5451
    @liamwaters54519 ай бұрын

    @@brianward7724 all year round, all he does is eat bugs all day and occasionally will hop around on the back table and hangout while your sitting down

  • @KoscheiMorevna
    @KoscheiMorevna9 ай бұрын

    Something eerie about butcher bird calls

  • @Horatio411
    @Horatio4119 ай бұрын

    Blackbird? Australian? Jeez mate, bit more research next time eh. Apart from that cock up, pretty good.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @Testing 386 Actually, it's not what you said. I wasn't going to include it but I read that - officially - the European Blackbird has assimilated itself into the Australian 'bird landscape' so well (e.g. not attacking native birds, etc.) that it is now regarded as an Aussie bird as well.

  • @rebeccaeland7069
    @rebeccaeland70699 ай бұрын

    I’m an Australianised pom and I miss the blackbird call so much was so happy to see they are here too. Beautiful compilation thank you so much, used it this morning to try to identify an unusual call I heard earlier - am thinking it was a wattle bird.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @@rebeccaeland7069 Thanks, Rebecca! Good to know that my work has been able to help you. The Wattlebird certainly has an unusual call - and they are slightly different from one area to another, I believe.

  • @mamiiicab9184
    @mamiiicab91849 ай бұрын

    Bonjour a tous! Super video des oiseaux jolies et tres belles! Bravo! Merci beaucoup 😊👍👍👍🐦🦜🖐️🖐️

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @mamiiicab9184 Merci beaucoup!

  • @nvkotian7539
    @nvkotian75399 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video. Very interesting and informative too.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward77249 ай бұрын

    @nvkotian Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

  • @Suze2007a
    @Suze2007a9 ай бұрын

    Thanks, very much a appreciated and bird identified 🙂🙂🙂

  • @GeckoTech_Engineer
    @GeckoTech_Engineer9 ай бұрын

    I love butcher bird sounds, they sound so funny

  • @Mrc172
    @Mrc17210 ай бұрын

    Two more that I like which aren't here are the Babblers and Finches.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 ай бұрын

    @Mrc172 That's because I don't have audio recordings of either of them.

  • @michaelalley3741
    @michaelalley374110 ай бұрын

    Thanks enjoyed watching and listening.

  • @margaretsukuleleminutes2775
    @margaretsukuleleminutes277510 ай бұрын

    I really like this video. Recently I have been playing a ukulele 'ensemble' piece called Early Morning. I have made a short video in which extracts of your bird call video is accompanied by my soundtrack. Would have any objection to my posting this in KZread? I reference your video in my video, of course. I can't put a link here to show you without it being publicly available by so doing.

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 ай бұрын

    @margaretsukuleleminutes2775 Yes, that will be okay. Just send me the link, when you've uploaded it. Btw, I'm glad you like my video; I'm amazed at the number of views it has attracted.

  • @margaretsukuleleminutes2775
    @margaretsukuleleminutes277510 ай бұрын

    Thanks Brian - will do

  • @quynhhoang2155
    @quynhhoang215510 ай бұрын

    I freaked out the first time I heard the laughing kookaburra when I arrived in Australia

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 ай бұрын

    @quynhoang2155 Hope you've got used to it now!

  • @Hhh-j8o
    @Hhh-j8o10 ай бұрын

    I almost hear all of these every morning at the base of the dandenong in vic. I love listening to the birds lyong in bed as the first rays of sunshine come through the window! There's one bird i just cant identify though, and i hear it often! Its a monotone call, about 1 second long in D pitch! Anyone have any ideas?

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772410 ай бұрын

    @hannahalexy4215 I have no idea, sorry.

  • @GeckoTech_Engineer
    @GeckoTech_Engineer10 ай бұрын

    Red wattle bird sounds like it’s saying what the f

  • @fainabreitbardt609
    @fainabreitbardt60910 ай бұрын

    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

  • @layali1
    @layali110 ай бұрын

    Loved it thank you. Feels a little bit like an express visit

  • @louise4c
    @louise4c11 ай бұрын

    ahh auzzie magpie!! cheers for posting. used to live in OZ, was watching a video based in NSW and kept hearing a familiar bird song but couldn't place it. thank you. FYI the UK magpies don't sound the same

  • @brianward7724
    @brianward772411 ай бұрын

    @louise4c It's a special bird, isn't it? Well, except for us cyclists around this time of year......

  • @Frellyouall
    @Frellyouall11 ай бұрын

    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.