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Experience the wonderful calls of many of the birds of the subtropical eastern part of Australia which includes Brisbane and Sydney.  This region is bounded by Rockhampton to the north, Nowra to the south and includes the Great Dividing Range.  This CD presents a range of calls for birds known for their amazing vocal abilities as well as those that are known only to this region, or are difficult to observe.  Species with distinctive calls include Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Sooty Owl, Marbled Frogmouth, Laughing Kookaburra, Albert's and Superb Lyrebirds, Rufous Scrub-bird, Eastern Whipbird and Satin Bowerbird.  Other more difficult to see species include Black-breasted Button-quail, Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Grass Owl, Noisy Pitta, Eastern Bristlebird, Rockwarbler, Regent Honeyeater, White-eared Monarch and Russet-tailed Thrush.  Where possible, a variety of calls of each species are featured.  This makes the listener aware of the repertoire of sounds many of the birds possess, particularly songbirds.

This album has no music or spoken commentary.  The natural calls of the birds of this region can be appreciated both as a source of pleasant sounds, or as a documented reference source of many of the subtropical east bird species, particularly those which are difficult to observe.  A list of the species, with call description and behaviour notes, can be found inside the cover.  For those people with a particular interest in any of the calls, further information can be obtained from the author. This is another CD in the Australian Bird Call series and contains calls of 83 species.

Birds Australia, the largest bird organisation in the country, endorses and recommends this CD to anybody interested in enjoying and knowing the calls of many of Australia's wonderful birds found in this region.

About the Author
David Stewart is Australia's most renowned wildlife recordist. Based on the far north coast of New South Wales, David has spent the last 20 years travelling throughout Australia amassing the most extensive collection of natural bird, frog and mammal sound in the country. His recordings are noted for their clarity, fullness of range and faultless identification of the subject. David's digital collection is fully documented and has been lodged with the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO in Canberra as his contribution to Australia's national heritage. The British Library, National Sound Archive also houses the collection. David has also assisted the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service by compiling seven field survey cassettes/CDs of rare fauna in NSW. This is David's ninth commercial CD and includes some of the best ever recordings of many of Australia's subtropical east birds.