At 04:13 PM 5/27/2005 +1000, Syd Curtis wrote:
>Question for Naturerecordists: Does a Roadrunner have a voice? Has it been
>recorded?
Other than 'meep meep' (and *never* say 'beep-beep' - the man who did
the voice was quite specific about that), yes, real Greater Roadrunners call.
It sounds very dove-like and low pitched. You might hear it and dismiss it as
such, and they don't do it often. I've only heard it during mating season.
I heard it most recently at Big Bend (!), in March 2002. There was one
up in a cactus 'tree' (species unknown) just singing its heart out, and I
didn't have my recording setup with me :(
I have two commercial recordings - Stokes' North American Birds, and
Hardy, Reynard and Coffey's New World Trogons and Cuckoos.
-- Chuck
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Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
Membership, Newsletter, Web manager
Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
www.smbas.org
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