Bird observed singing near nest in bluebush close to a Mulga stand. Mimicry is obvious in song, includes White-winged Fairy Wren reel and others. File filtered to cut out severe wind noise below 1500Hz. The same bird was observed singing in the same position each day for a week and had a wide repertoire of mimicry.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

A bird calling/singing once (and repeated) while perched on a bluebush. Part of a foraging group of seven in a bluebush covered plain.

bird-seen:yes

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Recorded opportunistically with an iPhone4S internal microphone using native voice recorder app. Severe wind noise. Fire unchanged except for convert ion from M4A into MP3. Habitat is Pearl Bluebush over gibber on gentle slope. Single Acacia tetragonophylla trees and other small Acacias scattered around. Site grazed (sheep). Bird calling was perched in top of an A.tet. tree (2.5m high). Three other birds were foraging nearby on the ground among the bluebush. Birds flew in while I was at the site. Wind was strong so birds did not stay long before being blown along together towards top of the hill (to the south). c.12 Inland Dotterel were also present but were silent. All birds appeared to be adults and in good condition. The following day a party of adults and juveniles was encountered about 1km away so the birds breed in the area.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no