wattlewong

there were so many grey currawongs that morning at the weir. i saw them and heard them calling from every direction the whole time i was there.

most recordings of grey currawong calls are for subspecies that are not found in western australia, and those other subspecies sound completely different to our “leaden crow-shrikes”. these two are the only recordings i’ve found for our subspecies, S. v. plumbea, and only the former was what i heard.

notice the clarity of each note as it falls off, and now imagine how eerie several concurrent currawongs would sound echoing through a valley.

SONY DSC-RX10M4 + 8.8-220mm f/2.4-4
ISO 500, 220.0 mm, f/4.0, 1/400