At 10:48 PM 7/6/2003, Martyn wrote:
>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>http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Mystery/MysteryBird.mp3
That's a pretty common sound that Spotted Towhees make in California.
Analogous to the Green-tail's "mew" and the Arizona Spotted Towhee's
"whine". For my money that's a SPTO. There's an example of a bird recorded
just after the workshop near Callistoga, CA at
http://www.naturesongs.com/spto6.mp3
Doug
Doug Von Gausig
Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
Moderator
Nature Recordists e-mail group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists
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