Brian Ward (Charlie Cassowary)
Brian Ward (Charlie Cassowary)
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Grey Shrike thrush North Coast NSW
The photo I've used in this video is not the actual bird in the audio - but it is the same species. Okay, re the audio, firstly it's best if you use headphones to listen to it, so that you can appreciate the wonderful sound 'picture' it conveys. It was recorded in a part of the forest that is quite close to the most direct road from Grafton to Armidale in northern NSW. I could not see the bird, while I was making the recording, but the experts at the Australian Museum identified it by its wonderful call. (I already suspected that it was a Grey Shrike-thrush.) If you have watched my other video, 'Aussie Birds and Their Calls - new, revised edition', you will have already heard the first ca...
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Aussie birds and their calls - new, revised version
Просмотров 523 тыс.4 года назад
This is my 'latest and greatest' version of Aussie birds and their calls. It includes a number of different birds that weren't in the previous two versions. It also includes two photos that I didn't take, both of which I have credited to the photographers invoolved - and I thank them for their generosity. My apologies for the poor quality of several of the photos but they were the only ones I h...
How NOT to make a music video!!
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Well, I finally bit the bullet (or was it my tongue?) and decided to upload this little video that I made several weeks ago. You don't HAVE to count or list the errors but I'm sure you will find many, especially those of the LOUD kind. Enjoy!
IS THIS THE BEST PHONE FOR VIDEOS?
Просмотров 1305 лет назад
Short demo of how well the Video Stabilisation works in Samsung Galaxy S5. The phone was held in a bracket on the handlebars of my bicycle, while I recorded the video. The REALLY interesting part of it is how much of the vibrations from the gravel road were negated by the Samsung Galaxy S5's Video Stabilisation setting. The line that I rode on comprised ALMOST CONSTANT small bumps, one after th...
My Best Shots or How I Have Seen the World Over The Years
Просмотров 2285 лет назад
A selection of some of my best still images, mostly digital but some scanned from 35mm film. There is one, for which I have omitted a title. It is of the formation in the Blue Mountains of N.S.W., known as The Three Sisters. Sorry about that. Also, here is the way I took the photo of the Tawny Frogmouth that has a cicada in its beak: Firstly, I was using a Pentax MZ-7 35mm SLR camera, probably ...
Of Bikes and Wind and Bees
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One scene from a very short, aborted bike ride plus another scene - Iandra Castle - that I should have ridden past. Also, my excuse for not continuing on the ride, which was meant to be about 70 kms but ended up only 13 kms! At the end are 5 stills taken several years ago at Iandra Castle.
Veteran and Vintage Cars - All 100 years old, minimum.
Просмотров 1196 лет назад
There were lots of visitors to our town the other day. The bottom end of Main Street was blocked off to through traffic, so these old-timers could drive in and create a big display. There must have been around 100 cars and ALL of them were at least 100 years old. Amazing! I'm sure they were worth a pretty penny!
Kiama and Jamberoo, NSW, Australia.
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On a recent visit to Kiama, NSW, Australia and nearby Jamberoo, I took a series of short video clips, which I have finally joined together to make this 'big' production. At the end of the video, there are several still photos, the last of which is from neither Kiama nor Jamberoo. It was taken at Stanwell Park - but it's really worth seeing..
Editing background noise from video - What a difference!
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For quite a while now, I've wanted to record video whilst riding my bike. Finally, I found a suitable handlebar mount for the mobile phone and, after setting it up, I took a short spin along the back lane. Wow! The video part was fine but the rumble from the bike came through unbelievably loud!! Well - nil desperandum - I set about getting rid of the offensive background noise, using the 'tools...
2018 Henry Lawson Festival Grenfell
Просмотров 4206 лет назад
This was the 61st Henry Lawson Festival in Grenfell, N.S.W., Australia. Henry Lawson was an author and poet, who was renowned for capturing the spirit of 'the bush' in his prose and poetry. As he was born on the goldfields just outside Grenfell, it's appropriate that Grenfell should produce a festival honouring him. It is held on the Queen's Birthday Holiday weekend each year, because Henry Law...
Cycling Shoes: What can happen - and did happen for me!
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Just a little chin-wag about the shoes that we cyclists now regard as standard kit. It was different, back when the lock-in system was just starting up......
Don't Give Up
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Encouragement to cyclists with emphysema. I hope you find this helpful.
And now for something completely different........
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This is what was left of our local Music Club Choir ( one interloper!) just over 4 years ago. Unfortunately, the choir is now defunct. We were entertaining the residents of our local nursing home on a Sunday afternoon near St. Patrick's Day. As you can hear, we were singing a lovely Irish song, I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - one of my favourite Irish songs. Our accompanist was a local mus...
Of Spiders and Crickets
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Some information about spiders and crickets - or the Funnel Web spider and one particular cricket, at least. If you hate insects of all kinds, this may change your mind about crickets, at least. I, for one, love them for their chirping alone.
My latest ride
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Only a short ride (28 kms) but there was an 'interesting' incident...... Update on the road rule that I mention: the 1 metre clearance that motor vehicles are supposed to give us cyclists applied only in built-up areas, i.e. towns, cities, etc. Outside urban areas the distance is 1.5 metres! I only found out this little bit of info quite recently.
A couple of very interesting bike rides!
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A couple of very interesting bike rides!
THIS WILL AMAZE YOU!!
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THIS WILL AMAZE YOU!!
Hay, Hell and Booligal - plus a little of My Country
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Hay, Hell and Booligal - plus a little of My Country
Aussie birds and their calls - Updated version
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Aussie birds and their calls - Updated version
Road bike upgrade to Shimano Ultegra 11-speed
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Road bike upgrade to Shimano Ultegra 11-speed
Video from drone, Shot-Box AP-10
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Video from drone, Shot-Box AP-10
Cat Stevens - Father and Son
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Cat Stevens - Father and Son
2016 ANZAC Day
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2016 ANZAC Day
On home trainer
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On home trainer
Aussie birds and their calls
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Aussie birds and their calls
Aussie Bush
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Aussie Bush
I am ashamed that women are so simple
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I am ashamed that women are so simple
Grenfell Town Band
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Grenfell Town Band
Contrast....... or how to quiet the noise.........
Просмотров 10010 лет назад
Contrast....... or how to quiet the noise.........

Комментарии

  • @Croydon387
    @Croydon387 2 дня назад

    Cheese head plover my beloved

  • @kerrywoods5314
    @kerrywoods5314 3 дня назад

    Question for you Brian. There's a bird here in Hornsby & Berowra that sounds like 'Flipper'. For years I've been trying to find out what it is? Thanks in advance & for your delightful video.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 День назад

      @kerrywoodst5314 Thanks for your thanks! Glad you liked it. Best idea is to record the bird's call and send it to the Ornithology section of the Australian Museum. I did this with a number of my calls and always got an answer.

  • @kerrywoods5314
    @kerrywoods5314 3 дня назад

    Great collection. I live backing on to Berowra National Park & I hear a lot these everyday. They bring me such joy.❤

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 День назад

      @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.

  • @ingerfaber3411
    @ingerfaber3411 3 дня назад

    Unfortunately the one I was looking for isn't here

  • @KellyShanx
    @KellyShanx 6 дней назад

    Do you have the sound of any birds of prey/falcons? I'm trying to identify one and I'm sure the sound it makes is like a kuuu-klock. I'm thinking it's an Australian Hobby but I haven't been able to get a good look at it's head and want to make sure I've got the right sound to bird so I know when to put the chickens and smaller dogs away.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 6 дней назад

      @KellyShanx Sorry, but I don't have any calls of our birds of prey. I was really disappointed by the call of the Wedge-tailed Eagle, so I haven't bothered with the rest.

    • @KellyShanx
      @KellyShanx 4 дня назад

      @@brianward7724 Lol that's fair enough. The peregrine falcon doesn't sound as scary and intimidating as it should either.

  • @Iggsy81
    @Iggsy81 9 дней назад

    I can't find the one im after, it seems to live outside my house and progressively has a repeated coo-ey over and over and gets quicker as it goes, then stops for a while, then starts again.

    • @Iggsy81
      @Iggsy81 9 дней назад

      it was common koel actually, found it somewhere

  • @Queenmarie88
    @Queenmarie88 23 дня назад

    Hello --I live in the US I watch some Australian shows and I’ve heard this kinda strange sounding bird in some of them. It only makes one note and is loud and kind of nasally sounding. Does anyone know what it is??

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 22 дня назад

      @Queenmarie88 Sorry, I haven't a clue.

  • @samueltong8061
    @samueltong8061 28 дней назад

    Eastern Whipbird,

  • @Zc2915
    @Zc2915 Месяц назад

    ⁠high pitch. similar to a zebra finch but singular chirps repetitively every one to two seconds.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Месяц назад

      @Zc2915 Sorry, I haven't had much to do with finches. There's a site called Birds in Backyards that used to have calls of a lot of birds but I just had a look at the site and they seem to have scrapped that, so I can't really help you with your call.

  • @Zc2915
    @Zc2915 Месяц назад

    Hey Brian great vid. I’m trying to identify a new bird sound in my area in Brisbane. It starts quite early in the morning and goes till about sunset. It has a singular repetitive short sharp chirp. Any ideas? I can’t see it from my yard to I can visually identify it.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Месяц назад

      @Zc2915 Is it a low note or high?

  • @joodzstuff7325
    @joodzstuff7325 Месяц назад

    Thank you for these recordings ... but ... many of the captions are invisible because I can't distinguish the text from the background of leaf litter, sky etc.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Месяц назад

      @joodzstuff7325 Thanks. The problem is that I made the video on my laptop with a larger external screen. I guess you watched it on yr laptop?

    • @joodzstuff7325
      @joodzstuff7325 Месяц назад

      @@brianward7724 it's just my 79-year-old eyes that are wearing out. Viewing on my desktop makes no difference.

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Месяц назад

      @@joodzstuff7325 Sorry to hear that. I'm 79 too (80 soon).

    • @joodzstuff7325
      @joodzstuff7325 Месяц назад

      @@brianward7724 what a coincidence! The 1945 models are classics ...

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Месяц назад

      @@joodzstuff7325 I'm a 1944 model. My 80th is in coming October.

  • @80sRiku
    @80sRiku Месяц назад

    3:29 “WTF!”

  • @kachiriross7114
    @kachiriross7114 2 месяца назад

    Loved your video so much!! I was hoping to find the bird that goes “twitt twoo” haha😂

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 2 месяца назад

      @kachiniross7114 Thank you! I'm pretty sure I have heard that call, too. I didn't spot the bird that made it, though.

  • @Hunny117
    @Hunny117 2 месяца назад

    So happy found this video ,as I was wondering the name of the bird ,it was whipbird 😍😍🥹

  • @MylonasFilms
    @MylonasFilms 2 месяца назад

    this suits the young generation too coming home from nightclubs or after one night sounds... ahh the memories.

  • @MylonasFilms
    @MylonasFilms 2 месяца назад

    awesome thankyou

  • @DavidKrautscheid
    @DavidKrautscheid 3 месяца назад

    the dollarbird sounds like a voice comes out of a piezo speaker!

  • @alanbriers7712
    @alanbriers7712 3 месяца назад

    Do you know which Australian bird makes Avery slow hooop ,.......,hooop hoooop call

  • @doctorbohr1585
    @doctorbohr1585 3 месяца назад

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

  • @RobinGillespie-l2i
    @RobinGillespie-l2i 3 месяца назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 3 месяца назад

      @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
    @jblay4415 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @araneasmith
    @araneasmith 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @araneasmith
    @araneasmith 6 месяцев назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @juanpabloflorez8183
    @juanpabloflorez8183 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for putting this together 👍🙏🏼

  • @Valhalla.Studio
    @Valhalla.Studio 8 месяцев назад

    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
    @blackjacksbbqpitt 8 месяцев назад

    Great stuff thanks Brian cheers🎉

  • @pranavvaidya3634
    @pranavvaidya3634 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @bencox614
    @bencox614 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @ri2064
    @ri2064 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @54wendel
    @54wendel 9 месяцев назад

    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
      @brianward7724 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @b0n3yz
    @b0n3yz 9 месяцев назад

    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
    @Aculturalsavagefromaustralia 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @electronicfarts5105
    @electronicfarts5105 10 месяцев назад

    Is the Bell Miner related to the Noisy Miner?

  • @dougallmcmillan8970
    @dougallmcmillan8970 10 месяцев назад

    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
      @brianward7724 10 месяцев назад

      @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
      @bindayirwin1523 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @Virginianature7
    @Virginianature7 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 11 месяцев назад

      @Virginianature7 Glad you liked it! Thanks for subscribing.

  • @cablenelsonbabygrandpiano842
    @cablenelsonbabygrandpiano842 11 месяцев назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐

  • @shanarussell5549
    @shanarussell5549 11 месяцев назад

    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
      @brianward7724 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @PamelaValemont
    @PamelaValemont 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 11 месяцев назад

      @PamelaValemont Sorry, I don't.

  • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
    @BlueBeeMCMLXI 11 месяцев назад

    Most Aussie birds will text.

  • @Devo491
    @Devo491 Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @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
    @starbirds2464 Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @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
    @1957bluebird Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

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

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

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

    • @AZ-so2wc
      @AZ-so2wc Год назад

      @@brianward7724 thanx.. I edited it

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @@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-so2wc Год назад

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

  • @AZ-so2wc
    @AZ-so2wc Год назад

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

  • @cgku
    @cgku Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

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

    • @cgku
      @cgku Год назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @@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.Patriot Год назад

    I've never heard a wagtail make that sound.

    • @Euro.Patriot
      @Euro.Patriot Год назад

      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.Patriot Год назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @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
    @luminair11 Год назад

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

    • @brianward7724
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @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
    @CharlieEvans Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

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

    • @CharlieEvans
      @CharlieEvans Год назад

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

  • @tamsin1969
    @tamsin1969 Год назад

    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
      @brianward7724 Год назад

      @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
    @tamsin1969 Год назад

    Beautiful soul ❤