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Re: Re: Is This a Flicker?(and is this a Downy?)

Subject: Re: Re: Is This a Flicker?(and is this a Downy?)
From: Kevin J. Colver <>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:23:22 -0700
Constantly complaining through the daylight hours?  Sounds like some
kids I know.  At least the flickers get a quiet night.
Kevin Colver



On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at 01:51 PM, John Hartog wrote:

> Thanks for sharing Jerry.=A0 It's amazing what can be learned by
> sharing recordings with this group.
>
> I also happened on a baby woodpecker this week that was
> constantly complaining through the daylight hours, and I was
> wondering the same thing - is that normal?=A0 It was nice to learn
> from Fred Fallon's response to your posting that this is normal
> behavior for woodpeckers.=A0
>
> The one that I heard and recorded is, I believe, either a Hairy or a
> Downy woodpecker (I still get them mixed up).=A0 In this three
> minute snippett you can hear the baby constantly complaining
> while an adult stops by, making purring sounds while checking
> in ( 2.7 MB):
>
> http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-050723-wkpkr.mp3
>
> -John Hartog
>
>
>
>
> --- In  "Jerry Berrier"
> <> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >=A0
> > For the past two days, I've been hearing a bird make the same
> sound
> > repeatedly all day long.=A0 Today I recorded it, along with an
> answering call
> > from a nearby bird.=A0 I'm almost sure they are northern flickers,
> but I'm
> > curious to know what others think.
> > If they are flickers, any idea why one of them would be calling
> constantly
> > throughout the day?=A0 I thought mating season was in the
> spring, and I've
> > never heard flickers do this before.
> > I edited this recording with Goldwave, but I was unable to
> remove much of
> > the hiss from wind noise.=A0 I'd welcome any suggestions
> regarding that.
> > http://www.townisp.com/~jerry.berrier/flickers.mp3
> >=A0
> >=A0
> >
> > Jerry Berrier
> >
> > http://www.townisp.com/~jerry.berrier
> >
> >=A0
> >
> >=A0
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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