{"id":978,"date":"2010-02-21T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T03:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=978"},"modified":"2010-02-21T20:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T03:01:09","slug":"new-zealand-meet-mr-mutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/21\/new-zealand-meet-mr-mutters\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: Meet Mr. Mutters, the Wacky Weka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet Mr. Mutters.<\/p><\/div>\n

[This is the last in my series of recordings from New Zealand<\/a>, recorded December 2009 – January 2010. Thanks to every wonderful soul I met along the way, and for readers who have helped with identifying certain<\/a> sounds<\/a>.]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

While on the Queen Charlotte Track<\/a>, two DOC<\/a> rangers were sitting under a tree and said that this weka<\/a> – an endemic, flightless bird somewhat similar to a peahen – was acting super weird, talking to himself non-stop for no reason. I proved that the best way to silence a vocalizing creature was to point a mic at it…they had a good laugh when that actually did happen. Never fails. *Sigh*…<\/em><\/p>\n

Eventually, though, the weka I dubbed Mr. Mutters started up again, and I got a stream of avian obscenities from him. He was tasting a canvas camping chair at the time. Brainpower not keeping up with curiosity.<\/p>\n

But check out the really strange, squeaky chatter this guy was making. Pitch it down a few octaves and it sounds like some of the other talking-to-themselves dudes who hang around my office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object> The Wacky Weka<\/a> by noisejockey<\/a><\/span>
\n[Zoom H2 recorder]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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