2020.03.22 Back Yard Magpies Feeding (No. 6) by Hearing Beings published on 2020-03-23T02:41:44Z In the first part of this recording, listen for the quiet 'grunting' or 'chortling' sounds and the soft 'squeals' in the foreground, both much lower in frequency than the background lorikeet calls, of the juvenile magpie feeding. In the second part, other magpies arrive, and the juvenile begins a louder plaintive calling. At the end, one of the tenants comes along and gets into his car under the adjacent carport, and the magpies fly off. The dramatic increase in the number (and loudness) of rainbow lorikeets audible in the background, compared to the earlier recordings in this set, is due to the fact that the local gum trees have flowered - a favorite food of lorikeets; and of fruit bats, too. Recorded around 8:30 am with a Sony D100 concealed very close to where the birds feed. (Best listened to with good quality headphones with a flat frequency response.) Photo credit: Antoni Camozzato, https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/50584509, under a CC BY-NC License. (Photo of Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua taken locally in September 2019.) Genre Field Recording