tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post4652037518974608865..comments2023-12-30T05:41:12.280+13:00Comments on The Ruins of the Moment: Riroriro (grey warbler)pohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-20367338536267773752010-08-21T07:34:45.828+12:002010-08-21T07:34:45.828+12:00Thanks Lydia. I like his/her scruffiness :^)Thanks Lydia. I like his/her scruffiness :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-76690789505281924282010-08-20T20:43:47.211+12:002010-08-20T20:43:47.211+12:00What a beauty! --both bird and photo.What a beauty! --both bird and photo.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-80957721761031850302009-09-02T18:32:09.913+12:002009-09-02T18:32:09.913+12:00Thanks Lesley. Yes, I have a good recollection of ...Thanks Lesley. Yes, I have a good recollection of how the riroriro in your region sound, as I grew up with it! When I moved north, the difference in song struck me vividly: as if the birds here had forgotten how their song ended. Now I'm used to it, it gives me great delight—but without the surprise :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-80433804847254252562009-09-02T17:33:16.869+12:002009-09-02T17:33:16.869+12:00Congratulations on your photographic capture of th...Congratulations on your photographic capture of this little fellow, Pete. C. and I watched and listened to one not so many miles from your place the other day. We didn't even think of photographing it. It was darting about high up behind too many sparsely leafed twigs and it was impossible to see any detail against the overcast sky behind.<br /><br />I find this recorded version of riroriro's song interesting. It's quite different from what I'm used to. In our region the fall of notes is greater and the phrase longer. I wonder where the recording was made? I hadn't realised there could be so much variation in their song, although I know that both korimako and tui can have very different regional dialects. I always feel a thrill when I hear riroriro's liquid cadences.Lesleynoreply@blogger.com