Across the Pond

[Mark Kelly]

A friend recently sent me a link to two excerpts from nature documentaries on the Lyrebird, one from the UK the other from the USA.

Compare and contrast:

[SlowPokePete]

Wow...Richard Attenborough.

I could hear his voice before even playing the video...seemed like my dad was always watching nature shows with him while I was growing up (now 51).

I used to join him all the time...thanks for the memory!

SPP

[chrisn]

Attenborough is a legend!

[defspace]

The documentary this comes from, The Life of Birds, is up on Netflix (along with a bunch of other Attenborough docs).

I'm pretty sure I watched this while on the rollers once.

[Mark Kelly]

Saw the first of Attenborough's new "Planet Earth II" yesterday, really wonderful. Planet Earth II (TV Mini-Series 216) - IMDb

[SteveP]

cool bird.

I heard him mimicking a leaf blower outside my house awhile ago.
camera shutter... wow.

[ericpmoss]

Hearing that bird mimic the nearby chainsaw made me as sad as I have been in years. The election isn't helping. :(

[Mark Kelly]

cool bird.

camera shutter... wow.

The recording of the lyrebird mimicking a motorised camera shutter is of a bird called "Chook"* who was resident in Adelaide Zoo for many years. Chook died about 5 years ago, he was 32.


* "Chook" is Australian slang for a hen as in " my neighbour runs a few chooks in the back yard".