Hello,
--- In "Martyn Stewart" <>
> Definitely not a Marsh Wren but I am positive there is a Bewick's
wren in
> there, (typical raspy sounds) I also believe you have recorded a song
> sparrow too on about 54 seconds the other song sparrow is calling
back to
> the main songster. At 1:30 this is a typical song sparrow call.
Well, the habitat and behavior is clearly in favor of the Marsh- could
a Bewick be encroaching?
So, there are at least two birds around. Maybe all 3? It is curious
that they avoid calling at the same time, even though they are
separate species.
I have another recording (I am winnowing down about 8 hours of tape at
the moment) where a Meadowlark and a Redwing, it seems, are
-deliberately- calling at the same time, and loudly, as if in some
kind of bragging contest about who can outdo the other. It is funny.
Anyway, so the 'mystery bird' is still something of a mystery. I have
a movie of three seconds of this (careful, it's 10MB) at:
http://aguasonic.com/Movies/Levee50fps.dv
Sorry, the frame rate is a bit high- but you can step through a frame
at a time if you want to catch the detail. QuickTime's 7.0 is still in
Beta, so there are some issues with building and assembling at
different frame rates.
...
In the meantime, it will continue being a 'levee bird' for a while.
Cheers,
Mark
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