tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post111966234203528839..comments2023-10-28T18:45:37.270+11:00Comments on Luca Antara: the company of birdsMartin Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-1119700592823117302005-06-25T21:56:00.000+10:002005-06-25T21:56:00.000+10:00That's amazing ... ! What he would have heard: " ....That's amazing ... ! What he would have heard: " ... a soft and clear whistle, at first prolonged then short and quickly repeated. When excited or hungry, raised ... to a high pitch; at other times ... softly modulated, with variations, or changed into a low chuckling note. Sometimes their cry resembled the whining of young puppies so exacty as almost to defy detection." (Buller)Martin Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261604.post-1119697164005490132005-06-25T20:59:00.000+10:002005-06-25T20:59:00.000+10:00My father believed he heard a huia during his chil...My father believed he heard a huia during his childhood in the Marlborough Sounds, nearly a hundred years ago - christ it sounds strange writing that. He has always stressed that it might have been; however, his description of the call was such that he has been reported in at least one book about the history of the huia to have been the last person to hear its call.mark younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com