Sounds coot/moorhen -like to me, despite the vague similarity to Martyn's
example of pied-billed grebe. It sounds very close to (but not exactly like=
)
our local coots, but I am unfamiliar with moorhen calls, so must defer to
those who know them.
Mark Phinney
on 11/12/04 3:46 PM, Doug Von Gausig at wrote:
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> At 12:52 PM 11/12/2004, you wrote:
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>> Howdy,
>> Any sound ID help would be appreciated...
>> <http://www.caculo.com/sounds.htm>http://www.caculo.com/sounds.htm
>> ( http://www.caculo.com/MP3/unkgrebeorsnipe.mp3 )
>> So far, I've received evenly divided votes are for:
>> --pied-billed grebe
>> --coot
>> --moorhen
>> --don't know
>> --Sounds like our guinea pig when she wants lettuce.
>
> I make it a Common Moorhen - that little quaver at 4.25 seconds sure soun=
ds
> like a Moorhen's.
>
> Doug
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