Lyrebird song - Stephen Powell Wildlife Artist
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2011
- Gday, Stephen here I hope you enjoy this video!
This lyrebird is just 1 of 10 lyrebirds heard singing during a late
afternoon walk in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. I was able to
film 3 birds from as close as 2 meters. My apologies to the video
purists as it is not very steady. Unfortunately, I was not equipped for
filming. I don't normally carry a tripod but prefer a Cullman 080
Shoulder-Table-Pod used as a shoulder stock. This is great for getting
grab shots and is much steadier than handheld. However, is not suited
to filming. Combined with the weight of the 7D and zoom is a strain and
the results are less than perfect. The conditions were also difficult.
Cloudy and late in the day. High ISO also diminished the quality. None
the less I was very pleased with what I managed to get. Filmed on a
handheld Canon EOS 7D Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
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Thanks for this pure lyrebird song. No camera shutters and chainsaw sounds 😁
@Gail Billing I didnt know about that! 😂. I thought this was pure. Haha
An performance artist, a true master of sound.
I was randomly clicked on BBC video about this bird, then i looked for more. Here i am found longer video. Thanks for sharing this. Amazing ! ❤️
Thank you and I glad you enjoyed it!
Nice footage Stephen. I am now posting videos of the semi-tame lyrebirds of Dorrigo National Park under the heading Lyrebird Diaries. There are four of them who are approachable and I have copious video of them over 2 years. I am fascinated hearing lyrebirds from other areas as to how much their calls vary from place to place which seems to be due not only the birds in their environment but also local traditions as their own calls (at least 6 regular or common ones) also vary, identifiable as their common call but very variable. This is a very experienced bird which can overlap sounds and has a large repertoire, things which take years to develop., Love this fellow.
Thanks, Stuart, I'm working my way through your videos. Nice job! This is very early in my video learning curve. This is shot with a 7D and now I also have a 7D Mark 2. I would have moved to an R 5 or 6 if not for having to succumb to the Adobe blackmail and update Lightroom and their pay forever terms. Some questions if you don't mind.
What are you shooting with?
Did you take a look at my Lyrebird-click video?
Give me a call if you would like to chat Lyrebirds. See my web site for contact No.
@@PowellStephen Hi Stephen. I was originally shooting with a Sony RX10 Mk iv single lens ultrazoom, but got frustrated by it's limitations. I needed a light camera and my DSLRs couldn't be held steady cause I had to shoot off the screen so I invested in a Canon Legria video camera. I can hold this to my eye or support it on a monopod. I got a Rode microphone to mount on it which really improved the sound though the built in mic is OK. I am working under rainforest canopy and the video camera is really good in a poor light which the Sony camera wasn't. Very tricky dodging round undergrowth, vines, lawyer vine and thorny vine but it is so rewarding to get good video of these amazing birds. Yeah, Adobe, like Microsoft made everything rental rather than buy outright which is all a real rip-off. I'll get in contact later when I find space. Cheers.
Hi Stephen. I have also been posting on Instagram for some time under the handle @the _lyrebird_diaries. I actually have close to four hours of video, and though a lot of it is pretty average, it is all a record for the future. I edit it and post the best of it. I only recently thought of posting it here. Lots more to come.
'He's got the voice....AND the feathers, This kid has talent! Quick somebody....find his agent!'
Stephen .. I for one do not need an apology .. As an amateur wildlife photographer myself I can identify with the many and various problems associated with all photography ... your footage is excellent and had me mesmerized for the entire display of these amazing birds. Many thanks.
Awesome.. gave me flashbacks. I used to walk through Kallista every morning and have lyrebirds sing at me. :) Thank you so much.
wonderful and fascinating bird 😍
We live close to this forest and every encounter with lyrebirds is a magic experience!
This is a beautiful an awesome bird it must stay around brings a smile
When I take people to see the lyrebirds they always laugh when it imitates a kookaburra! Fun to watch them!
Lovely bird‼🤩🤩🤩 Beautiful body, precious voice, enchanting moviments!!! 💖⚘💕
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@PowellStephen Thank you for your channel 💖🌿🕊
@@soleilbelkis9010 I took a friend, who commissioned me to paint a large lyrebird painting, into the forest last week. We saw 9 lyrebirds and a collection of other birds. You can see the work in progress, video of that painting on my channel.
@@PowellStephen What an uncomparable experience!!! You're so lucky watching an entire 🎉 group of these precious cutes
💝🎶💝♡🐥♡💝🎶💝 I wish to watch this video. 🎁 💙 🎁 Tank you so much!!!🤗
Unfortunately I did not take video only still images! If you are ever in Melbourne I would be happy to take you up to see them!
Wow so beautiful song 😍😍
All the songs of the forest!
Many of the recordings on TH-cam are of Lyrebirds imitating electronic sounds and not the birdcalls that they do in a more natural environment. The sounds here are a wonderful array of birdcalls.
Apart from those listed below, there is a peewit (pied mudlark) in there somewhere, and a little buzzing noise which is a Wagtail noise.
Here are just some of the birds that this single bird imitates.
Note: It returns to the calls of the currawong fairly frequently. The currawong is a highly accomplished singer, and so these calls are less able to be identified as of a single species than the calls of the kookaburra the whip bird and the cockatoos.
1. 0:01 Kookaburra
2. 0:03 Sulphur crested cockatoo
3. 0:06 Wagtail
4. 0:14 Something twittery
5. 0:18 Currawong
6. 0:19 Whip bird
7. 0: 25 Currawong
8 0:28 Wagtail
9. 0: 30 Currawong
10. 0: 32 Currawong
Hi Mandy,
I Iove Currawong calls. We hear them often near our house. The soft and melodic sound is soothing. In amongst the other birds is the sound of a fleeing introduced blackbird 46 seconds in and repeated later. There is also Crimson rosellas & Grey Shrike-thrush. My favorite is the metallic rattle that it sings. It is not in this clip but it is included in many of the songs of lyrebirds in this part of the forest. I think this is pure lyrebird and is often sung whilst stomping both its feet whilst covered with its tail. See Lyrebird video by Stephen Powell Wildlife Artist 47 seconds in.
Thank you, Stephen Powell. Could you possibly do a complete list?
I enjoy this video much more than those which demonstrate a whole lot of mechanical noises.
I lived for many years near Camperdown Cemetery in Netown Sydney, and was friendly with the currawong family who lived in the Moreton Bay Fig. I would sometimes observe a crow on its way over from the University. I would open my upper window, from which I could see the top of the tree and the top of the church spire. I would whistle "wit-to-wit wee-woo! And immediately a currawong would appear on guard on the top of the spire.
So when the young ones were old enough, the parents treated me like Auntie, and if I was in the cemetery, they would bring the fledgelings to a low branch right over my head, and go off to forage.
Anyway, the point of this story is that although those isolated birds made all the squawks and cries, and the alarm call, neither of them sang. It was quite sad to see these great birds sitting on the steeple on a windy day, without any rollicking singing.
Eventually a pair of magpies came to share that 4 acres of greenspace, and were not only accepted by the currawongs, but taught them to sing. They did a sort of magpie song, and never learnt the "clanketty-clang" or "Wooooooo!" that are typical of Blue Mountains currawongs.
I'm sorry but my bird song recognition is not up to the task. Your story of the currawongs is very interesting. So much of bird behaviour is learned. Bird apps often have regional sound variations.
Stephen Powell,
The opposite story to the songless currawongs of Camperdown, was Pavarotti the Magpie of Wollongong.
A family of maggies used to farage on my lawn. One of the fledgelings had a completely different preoccupation to the rest of his family. All he wanted to do was sing, and he had found his voice at a very young age, when his siblings were merely sqawking.
By the time he was a year old, he was the most accomplished singer of any Magpie I have ever heard. He literally lived to sing. I became his enthusiastic audience.
In the mornings he wouls accompany me along the street, from lamppost to lamppost, singing all the way, until he got to the house of a man who fed the birds every moring.
After breakfast he would appear on the railings outside my studio window. I have no idea how he knew where I was located within the building, but he did.
I recall one day that he was entertaining a young woman who was finishing an artwork on an outside landing. Finding an audience he was, really doing his stuff. When I walked out, he was obviously delighted to see me.
He could immitate a number of different songbirds- crow was a snatch, currawong was easy, but for the grand finale he produced that incredible, high, staccato "Queen of the Night" passage from the Butcherbird song. Wow.
He KNEW he had done something impressive, and strutted up and down the railing, preening himself.
Well, with all these talents, he soon got a wife. But he was a bit too young for the responsibility of three babies. SHE wanted to teach them foraging. HE wanted to teach them singing.
HE would line them up on the railings at the back of the pub, and try to teach them their "do re mis". She would call persitently from a nearby tree, to no avail. But they all survived.
Eventually he was hit by a car and lost the use of one wing. He went to live at the TAFE where he could climb up a pigwire fence using his claws and beak, and was well fed by the students and site manager. He never stopped singing.
My general observation is that individual creatures within any species have more or less talent than their peers- are more or less intelligent and also have more or less empathy.
I can't help wondering whether this remarkable bird would have pased the self-recognition test, of which the only bird recorded to have passed was the European Magpie. This bird seemed to have a remarkable degree of self-awareness.
I adore this intelligent bird so adorable
They are very special!
Yes would love to see a male in a reserve or in wild think they super special and intelligent
.wondeful bird singing folowed by lokal singing bird thanks for this nice multiple song 👍👍🙏🙏😍😍
Thanks you Wayan!
Very beautiful video! Thank you! 👋
Hi Mariel,
Thank you for your comment. It is a privalige to be able to see them in the wild. Sorry for the delay in answering. We had a big storm that took out the power and the internet.
Amazing video! I love looking earth, discover and decompress...
6:11 No apology needed - the main "thing" is the sound, thanks for the video! :)
Very very beautiful song and performance
Thank you! I'm hoping for better quality video soon as I have upgraded my camera.
Wonderful bird sing, i can't believe my eyes it's so beautiful bird. The jungle calling me to get into deep forest
Thanks! It is amazing to see!
Mantap.
You have done amazing work..I so enjoy your Lyrbird videos. I wish that someday I could see one in real life. They are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Hi Sandy,
I met a fellow wildlife artist at a meeting earlier this week. I offered to guide him to my favourite lyrebird site. We managed to see 10+ birds at one stage it was difficult to keep track of the numbers as there were 6 or more in one area. Caught a glimpse of a displaying male and the forest rang with the sounds of their calls. If you're ever in Victoria, Australia look me up. I don't need much of an excuse to visit these wonderful birds. Happy to share!
Hello Stephen, Thank you for you kind reply. I have wanted to come to Australia since I was a little girl. Perhaps in a couple years. I live in Upstate New York. I am planning to retire in about 8 to 10 months and I'm looking forward to traveling to Istanbul and Australia, perhaps spending several months In each place as well as wherever my wanderlust takes me. I will keep in touch with you and please keep track of where those lovely birds are. Thanks again Stephen
I've been away in Africa for 5 weeks and only just found your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.
What fabulous footage! We have heard the lyrebird song up in the Dandenongs, also in Tanglefoot State Forest, but never so lucky as you to see their performance. It's wonderful to see - thank you!
What a show off!
If I could do what the lyrebird does I would show of as well!
Amazing birs so beautiful , thanks Stephen for this video
No. It has a syrinx, which is a drumlike membrane at the bottom of the trachea just where the tube splits and leads into the bronchi in the lungs. The bird can change the tension of the syrinx as air passes over it and in that way make many different sounds.
amazing 😍
Thank you! 😊
Dang, so many different sounds
impresive
Joosss,, Alhamdulillah murai batu saya tembuss suara lyre nyaa..👍👍
Sama om
Best singer....
20 seconds in is a magpie .
53 seconds is a red tail black cockatoo .
1.10 is a kookaburra .
1.34 a camera .
1.54 a port lincoln ringneck , sounds like our WA 28's .
3.50 another magpie .
4.55 yellow wattlebird .
There's probably about another dozen small songbirds sprinkled in
but I'm from WA and struggling to name them .
Also heard the roosting sounds of a flock of cockatoos (galahs?) nesting
down for the night and the sounds of hungry chicks as well .
My hens understood the message, and upon hearing, they all went into hiding, hahaha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
❤
wow, all these other creatures of the forest must be answering those mating calls only to get there an be like, oh drat! it's this damn bird again
the Pavarotti of the birds....fantastic
Sitting in the forest with these birds is an absolute joy!
Natral high of the experiance is all I need
Alhamdullah pastol saya udh nangkep suara sirinenya ,. Lumayan panjang duruasinya.. Mantap bang.... 👍👍🙏
Terima kasih!
GOOD 🙏👏👍🎶🙋♀️
Very nice recording. Its amazing how these birds can make so many different sounds. n_n
Beautiful lyre music!
Amazing bird !
Beautiful singer bird.
Instant sub. What a wonderful creature!
very nice birdsong ever 👍
like a radio, sharp, like a gun, like alien 😅
The more unusual sounds are from the lyrebird its self! I love thew 'metallic' rattle.
💚 Lyrebirds
close your eyes and u there
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME!!! UNIQUE! Greetings from Italy, SABRINA
+Sasa Sieht Thanks Sabrina.
It's like any person that does impressions. What is really there voice. At least this one isn't doing man made sound. You would have to be a local bird sound expert. I have old Freinds here that have Identified 132 different Birds along the river by sight and sound. Other than imported Sterling's who lately are very good at red wing Black birds calls . Nothing comes close to The Layer bird. My hands tremble pardon the typos 😁
Beautiful❤
great birds
Hi to all those viewers from Indonesia. 400 views from you guys in the last month alone. Hope your enjoying this great bird.
Stephen Powell Hello from indonesia
ChaiduLz Hi Chaidu, hope you enjoyed the lyrebird video!
Stephen Powell saw one of these in person at kings lake
wonderfull
Stephen Powell tak donlod gawe masteran lek,...
So amazing
It is wonderful to experience!
Amazing! My African Grey loves this video. 😁
Birds enjoying birds on TH-cam, fantastic!
Fantastic bird
It is great to be able to regularly see them!
love it.!
Wonderfol vidio love de burds very mats supper thanks jou ingrid akkermans
like this singing bird
Maravillosa ave.
😍😍😍😍sumpah merdu n variatif bgt suaranya....👍👍👍
Lagu-lagu berubah di seluruh rentang burung-burung ini. Mereka meniru burung-burung dari daerah setempat. Google translation.
The songs change across the range of these birds. They mimic the birds from that local area.
Woww amazing sound in the jungle
is there a more beneficial and beautiful creature other than a bird? I think not. If current thinking is correct,they are also one of the most ancient....none of that matters on a quiet sunday morning when all is still aside from the birds singing in the forest and allowing you a glimpse of their perfection. I`ll take these moments with birds and their talent over time with humans any day
allen copley awesome.. beautiful!!
awesome... beauty of nature
2:14 just cracks me up for some reason XD Beautiful sounds though. I grew up in regional Australia & hearing this takes me back home again :)
beautiful animal and very amazing sound
but where does this animal existe?
i think in australia
amazing......
das
Awesome birdie
beatbox bird!
The best song birds amazin
Seeing and hearing them is a wonderful experiance!
amazing !!!!!
Thanks for the comment. They truly are amazing birds.
smart bird.....mantaaaapp
Love the lyrebird
Thanks Colin!
1:15 😅😅
Thanks for this answer. I love these birds but spend little time on the research.
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A library of local birdsong
Songs of birds in other areas reflect the local birds.
Mashaa Allah....sungguh indah, betapa maha indah Sang Pencipta....
Terima kasih di atas komen anda! Ia adalah burung yang indah dan cantik!
Saya menggunakan Google translate jadi permintaan maaf saya jika terjemahan itu tidak sempurna!
Wkwk
Tq
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Teach it dubstep and techno, make things funky for the forest
I probably could but I like him just the way he is!
@@PowellStephen it will be fun trust
It smart Bird.
burung cantik suara hebat
I am lucky to be able to see these birds as the forest is very close.
Saya bertuah kerana dapat melihat burung-burung ini kerana hutannya sangat dekat.
Sweet video.
Thanks Omerhas!
Linda ave. Tiene variedad de cánticos. Gracias por el video.
Me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado. ¡Puedo verlos regularmente pero siempre es una experiencia mágica!
I love birds that are good, cool, just awesome
I want this sound on cd.
Woooow!!!! …just imagine to own giant loudspeakers on your balcony and connect your smartphone playing this to them at full volume,3a.m.! Wake up,neighborhood! 0_0
:-D :-D ps: this bird is amazing!!!!!
Lyrebirds are already quite loud. Our local lyrebird expert says there is a valley in the ranges where I live where the lyrebirds added flute music to their song. Picked up from a local girl who was learning the flute!
@@PowellStephen Wonderful! Birds singing the melody of a flute...they add something magical to that place.
awesome
Glad you liked it!
Amazing bird, i wish i have one
I just like knowing they are still there in the forest and in my case being fortunate to being able to see and hear them
Thanks stephen, youre lucky is that a male or female bird? The sounds amazing
These are male birds. Their tails have two large coloured feathers and the filamented feathers in between. these are spread out like a fan. The female tail has plain brown feathers. The male sings and dances to attract females.
@Al Pal If you get down to Melboure look me up I'll introduce you to a male or two!
@Al Pal Look up Where Song Began by Tim Low. It suggests that half the worlds birds and all song birds and parrots can be traced back to Australia.
Only in Australia
Good👍👍👍
That sound so nice, how u can take this video without bothering that bird? So awesome
These birds are very used to people. Every day joggers and walkers traverse the area. Some but not all are approachable. Whilst taking some of this video I had to back up as the 100-400 has a minimum focus distance of 1.5mt
This bird they use to humans how close they come
@@michscott380 I have been within a meter of some lyrebirds
This is a nice bird to enjoy listening to when you go out to the wild, but as a guy that also enjoys my peace and quiet, I'm sure thankful this bird lives nowhere near me in any way possible.
It would definitely drive me nuts.
It looks like it never shuts up.
They do spend a lot of their time quietly scratching in the search of food. They make a great contribution to fuel load reduction. Humans are noise makers I would swap bird songs for most human made sounds.
Love them, and their sounds. Saw a male and female pair scratching around a week ago, they reside near a pond. Very hard to get photos of!
@@Johnny.5.Is.Alive. Unfortunately their habitat is often deep shade and most are excellent at avoiding photographers!
@@PowellStephen I had a male walking towards me until a couple appeared so naturally he quickly disappeared
Great video. thanks for uploading!
Thanks Bellina glad you liked it!
😍
cool
Alhmdulilah,, suara lyrebird masuk di murai batu saya
Thanks for sharing! You really got a very nice video. Keep the great job going. Suscribed👍😀
Thanks, Alexis, I have a fair bit of video but haven't found time to do the editing. YOur comment encourages me to upload more!
+Stephen Powell , I am already excited and waiting for new videos. Thanks! 😀 Greetings from Perú!
G'day Stephen, I walk in the Dandenongs often and would like to meet some more lyrebirds. Whereabouts do you most often find them?
Sorry I missed your reply. You can contact me via www.stephenpowell.com.au/PHP-form-mail%20test/contact.html
OMG is ewesome
Thanks Bambang, they are indeed wonderful!
Muy.bello.
Thank you for your comment!
Subhanallahh ..
أنا سعيد لأنك استمتعت به! ترجمة جوجل!
'ana saeid li'anak astamtaet bihi! tarjamat jujil!
I am glad you enjoyed it! Translation by Google!
Das ist so komisch und lystiges naturales Leben danke schoon 🙏🙏
My pleasure! When sharing my visits to lyrebirds the looks on the peoples faces is just priceless