Having not seen a live lyrebird, (they're not in Northern Queensland) watching and listening to a bird in person that could mimic equally as well some of the va

Having not seen a live lyrebird, (they're not in Northern Queensland) watching and listening to a bird in person that could mimic equally as well some of the various birds about was something - watching the bird finally succeed in scaring off the flock occupying the tree - I did wonder if it was pure coincidence. I should point out that prior to its success, the bird sat in the tree for a time going through it's great number of different bird calls, and hopping between branches towards the flock from time to time and being chased back out of the tree only to return with another volley of calls. These loop of calls would sometimes include the whistling kite but the flock I think sensed there was no kite sitting in the branches where this bird was sitting and didn't react. At the time I just thought, oh what a strange song bird flitting about advertising its presence and it wasn't until the bird flew way above the tree and down though the top branches with the whistling kite call that I twigged there was more to its behaviour. David Attenborough's tv series I enjoy if I've got time to watch. I do believe recalling watching the same segment with the lyrebird imitating the camera.