For those that are not aware of what a Western Meadowlark Fall Song
is, the link below is a 1 meg download of an mp3. Sorry for the
defects on the background as I was fighting an interstate.
Variations as sung with a good example of a whisper song.
"Western Meadowlark 10/22/01 11:30 a.m. at a sunny and warm Yolo
Wildlife Area, west of Sacramento, CA at 38.5N 121.6W.
Single Bird 15' away on the ground in tall 3' grass.
(Recorded by Richard Peet)"
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/weme.mp3
Rich Peet
--- In "Kevin J. Colver" <> wrote:
> Sounds like not much is known about the nature of early autumn song
in
> WEME.
>
> Regarding the Townsend's Solitaire winter song - you will notice the
> song on my Stokes guide was from Oct., done in a patch of
> juniper-pinyon, far downslope from their mountain breeding grounds.
> Your Solitaires may also sing from time to time between their
tooting.
> Mine toot most of the day but sing intermittently. When several
are in
> close proximity (on good feeding grounds) they sing, toot, and chase
> each other quite a bit in an aggressive manner.
>
> Kevin J. Colver
> 114 North Clark Lane
> Elk Ridge, UT 84651
> 801-423-1810
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lang Elliott
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 7:52 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Autumn Song
>
> kevin:
>
> The BNA monograph includes the following statements on page 11:
>
> "Becomes gregarious in loosely constituted flocks, sometimes up to
200
> birds, in fall and winter; remains in flocks until the following
spring.
> Flocks may also include Eastern Meadowlarks. No winter
territoriality
> (Lanyon 1953, Bent 1958). No published evidence for dominance
hierrchies
> in
> winter flocks."
>
> Lang
>
> > Another question,
> >
> > The Western Meadowlark displays a burst of song in Sep/Oct. I
have
> > guessed that birds are establishing winter feeding territories.
Does
> > anyone know for sure? Anyone have BNA to look it up? Do females
also
> > sing and establish winter territories?
> >
> > I have also observed Townsend's Solitaire singing on winter
feeding
> > territories in areas of trees and bushes laden with small fruits
and
> > berries. These winter territories are vigorously defended (by
male,
> > female, or both?) then abandoned in April as the birds move to
higher
> > altitudes to establish nesting territories.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin J. Colver
> > 114 North Clark Lane
> > Elk Ridge, UT 84651
> > 801-423-1810
> >
> >
> >
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