BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kinthissa" data-source="post: 3436954" data-attributes="member: 120564">Many thanks, Tom and Brian.Most helpful to be able to go directly to the HB recordings on xeno-canto.  I would say none of the ones I checked had the soft and intimate quality of what I heard on the 26th, which was a close communication, not really 'calls' as such.  I heard the sounds while I was filming the first HB, and when I was recording the second clip, I was aware that those sounds were coming from the bird that was in my frame ~ you can see the beak opening and closing in sync with the sounds during the first 6 seconds, and again at around 19 seconds.Below (no.1) is a snapshot of the second Honey of 26 July, taken right before the videoclip.  A pair of them are certainly around in the valley, and today, one HB flew over the house calling persistently to a distant companion as it headed south.  Am I right in thinking this bird of 4 August (no.2 below) is a male?</blockquote>