I made some written comments about flocks of starlings
before I had listened to Domoniques recordings. The
first cut is hard to think of as starling, certainly
sounds like sparrows to me. The 2nd cut however has
sounds which I would attribute to starlings as well as
sparrows ( the whistling sound above the sparrow
churring). Perhaps both species were using the site
to roost. Sparrows and starlings used to roost
together along the hedgrows near Heathrow airport when
I was a boy.
Tony Baylis.
--- Doug Von Gausig <> wrote:
> At 06:01 AM 12/25/2003, Dominique wrote:
>
> >For the last month or so, a small band of about 50
> Common Starlings
> >(Sturnus vulgaris) is using our hedge of cherry
> laurels as a dormitory.
> >I have never seen them arrive, but we have been
> hearing them most
> >mornings when leaving for work. Last weekend, I
> watched about 35 of them
> >leaving in the morning...
> >
> >Here is a recording of the background noise we can
> hear most mornings
> >when leaving the house :
>
> Hello Dominique,
>
> Are your recordings the bird we call House Sparrows
> (Passer domesticus) -
> you call them
> Moineau domestique? I didn't hear any Sturnus
> vulgaris in there...
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Von Gausig
> Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
> Moderator
> Nature Recordists e-mail group
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists
>
>
>
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