In the genus Telopea because it is a Waratah, a large shrub with a large brightly colour inflorescence.
In the family Proteaceae because it has tough, leathery leaves and its flowers are in a complex inflorescence with adnate structures.
I have identified it as Telopea speciosissima because it is a tall, erect shrub with dark green, toothed leaves. Additionally, the large crimson flowerhead, surrounded by leafy bracts matches the description in Robinson. The area also matches known habitats and distributions.
Would love to know what bird this is please. Turn up the volume loud as it wasn't particularly close.
Repeats this 3 short 1 long call for a little while every morning around 5am
Several times I heard the very distinctive raucous, penetrating “awk, awk, awk” calls of this bird. The only relevant segment is in the first 3 seconds of this recording where the call is repeated 3 times at 1 second intervals. Ignore the remaining portion, which is the call of a Little Wattlebird.
Possibly... cool overcast conditions and didn't quite sound like a red squeaker
Weird bug that flew into my room at 8pm. Makes cricket/cicada type noise when touched.
TNS: 411, out 3.5 weeks later than last season. First time I've heard this one this season
Woohoo!
My first for the season!
Bring on Summer!
Sighting and photos (c) seemore.
First of season.. none yesterday but a few males out today. Some other cicadas in the recording too (Bark Squeaker & Paperbark CIcada)