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Alright, there is a bird which every year around this time starts to chirp at ridiculous hours, i woke up at 2am this morning and it was chirping!
It also chirps late at night.
I have seen a Willy Wag Tail hoping around but I'm pretty sure that's not the bird.

I don't really have any more information but if someone can help me that'd be great.

And no, I don't want to find and kill the bird, I like it!
Cheers

When I grew up we had Willy Wagtails who would sing loudly in the tree outside my window in the middle of the night.

So don't necessarily discount Willy!

I'd say it was a willy wagtail. They do chirp in the middle of the night.

Hey Laurie - I'm backing the willy wagtail too - follow this link - and on the page click on the 'hear me' button under the photo of the willy wagtail - let me know if this is the call that you are hearing

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conser ... y_wagtail/

That's it
Thanks guys!
Silly bird, has a broken watch!
Damn they are cute though!

Thanks for the link Rel,

I was able to confirm, as I suspected, that an amorous male Common Koel is the one waking us up at 4am

I'd take a Willy Wag Tail any day, so consider yourself lucky Laurie.

André

radar wrote:I was able to confirm, as I suspected, that an amorous male Common Koel is the one waking us up at 4am

I like making them respond by mimicking their call - but not at 4am.

Any way you look at it it has to be more pleasant than the sound of the 2 cats fighting / dying / having sex right outside my window (above my head) at 3am one morning last week... shortly followed by my 2 dogs loosing their minds at the cats and barking like there was no tomorrow. Most unpleasant wake-up call ever. ugh.