At 10:48 PM 7/6/2003 -0700, Martyn Stewart wrote:
>OK, I thought I would step in between Walt with his mystery and give you
>one of mine, but maybe not as exciting!
>I need some help too with this one, it was about 4:30am this morning and
>these calls were coming from the undergrowth in a forest in Redmond, WA.
>Certainly the habit was one of a Towhee, but the Cha, Cha, Cha, before
>the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ calls were some that I haven't heard before! Any
>clues?
>The Trill is that of a Junco with the vocal strength of a Steller, so it
>is too loud for a Junco and uncommon behavior for a Steller, so I wipe
>those out.
>Get your thinking caps on, anyone have a Towhee call like this?
>http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Mystery/MysteryBird.mp3
>Or at
>http://www.naturesound.org/Workshop.htm
>
>Martyn
Hello Mates:
In my limited recordings in the Redmond area, I don't think I ever heard a=
Towhee quite like that. But it is my guess you' have got the correct
species; the ones I recorded were certainly very variable in pattern, from=
one bird to the next. You have a good recording, very clear. Can you tell=
me what is the lower pitched bird in the bg?
The other species that kept fooling me in Redmond was, when I could see
them, Bewick's Wren, where I could not hear the high pitched intro for many=
of their songs, I sometimes thought THEY were towhees. To my upper-deaf
ears, they sounded more like my familiar Eastern Towhees (thank god AOU
re-split the two species again!). But I am pretty sure your mystery bird
is NOT one of these.
Where, I am curious, in Redmond do you record, it is so built-up? Have you=
tried Marymoore Park or Discovery Point Park out west on the other side of=
Queen Anne? I was always frustrated by morning "opening times" to get
recording early enough, but found ways around the closed gates by parking
elsewhere and then just walking further. There were also some good
recordings I made in Cougar Park in Issaquah, to the south side of Seattle.
BTW a disavowal: My departed reasons for visiting the area had nothing to
do with my use of Microsoft products, but rather to visit my now-deceased
parents in law. ;^(
This gives me an idea: A few of my warbler recordings from NW Washington I=
would love to have verified as to species and typicality (is this a word?)=
- sometimes what you watch on the hemlock branch, eating bugs in the
sunlight might not be what the recorder records . . . perhaps I'll post a=
few, in the next few days and ask for help from you, Mark, Doug and anyone=
else with western warbler expertise.
Total regards,
Marty Michener
MIST Software Associates PO Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
EnjoyBirds.com - Software that migrates with you. http://www.EnjoyBirds=
.com
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