Hi Ali,
I have hammonds, dusky, willow,olive sided, alder, wwpeewee, e phoebe,
pacific slope/cordillerian flycatcher (that is not a clean split - the
birds here in alberta have intermediate calls and songs),yellowbellied
as well as E and W kingbird.
As far as sound alikes - would mainly be alder( free be'er) and willow
(friitz' brew). I suppose other two syllable songs (least (chi-beck)
and yellowbellied (chi blink)might fall into that category if you want
to stretch it but the more complex three part songs like hammonds,
western (ps and cordillerian), dusky, olive sided should not cause
confusion. The kingbirds are not even in the ballpark.
Let me know which ones you need. I will upload them to my ftp site if
you wish.. Please give Jim and I credit for the recordings.
(Incidentally Jim is a forestry professor at the university of Alberta -
he started the forestry program here 33 years ago when we moved here
from California).
The sounds uploaded will be from my 3 cd set Alberta Birding by Ear
which I use with my students in an advanced wildlife field
identification class.
Barb Beck
Edmonton
Ali wrote:
>Good Day All,
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>I am working on a project for the forest service in California where I work
>as a seasonal bio tech. My boss has requested that I create a PowerPoint
>presentation of Willow Flycatcher sound-alikes. Unfortunately, I only have
>recordings of willow flycatchers. Also, if anyone knows of birds other than
>flycatchers that might make a fitz-bew sound, that would be fantastic to
>know and have a recording of.
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>Would anyone be interested in donating recordings of Empidonax flycatchers,
>Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Western Wood Pewee? The presentation will be
>used in west coast forests to train bio tech's such as myself on how to
>differentiate Willow Flycatchers from others by voice and appearance?
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>Any format would be great. Chips, squeaks, calls, and songs all would be
>wonderful. On the most wanted list are Gray, Dusky, Hammond's,
>Pacific-slope, Willow, and Alder Flycatchers along with Western Wood Pewee
>and Olive-sided Flycatcher.
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>I plan on starting recording next field season and will be asking your
>indulgence in picking the nicest low end recorders and associated equipment
>to start putting recordings on my website.
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>Thanks for all the great work you do and especially to Doug for his great
>website.
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>Ali
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>Alison Sheehey
>P.O. Box 153
>Weldon, CA
>93283
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