Interesting thought, Michael, I am very interested to
learn more. I had a strange thing happen to me last
summer. I was in one of my favorite spots, a secluded
inner harbor very good for night herons, although
usually populated with Laughing Gulls, too. I was
watching the goings on, when I heard something I had
never heard before - the Laughing Gulls were saying
"HAWK! HAWK! HAWK!" I mean that I clearly
understood they meant there was a hawk, as clearly as
if they had spoken English (or a couple of others).
Instinctively, I looked up, and saw a very clear Red
Tailed Hawk fly overhead. It was amazing - I had
never heard Laughing Gulls use that sound before, but
I knew instantly that's what it meant. Is this in the
range of what you are looking for?
Lew
--- Michael Dalton <> wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>=20=20=20
> I joined this group some time ago because of my
> interest in sonic communication. When members
> discuss identifying a bird by the sound of its song,
> it gives me hope to find a person who is sensitive
> to speech sounds.
>=20=20=20
> Many members on this list mechanically record
> birdsong or bird calls. I pose this question: Can
> you identify isolated speech sounds made by a
> talking bird? So far, one member of this group
> demonstrated a greater-than-average ability to
> understand speech from real-world recordings of a
> talking bird.
>=20=20=20
> Despite more than 70 years of effort, man still
> has little idea about the subject of bird
> communications. By reversing the investigative
> procedure, a talking bird communicates using her
> extensive English vocabulary. My macaw speaks
> sequences of words, phrases, and sentences about
> divergent topics that communicate her thoughts
> through words.
>=20=20=20
> I need someone to work at learning the bird=92s
> dialect to corroborate that my transcription is
> correct. I can provide initial suggestions for a
> listener, who would enjoy being a part of this
> experiment in interspecies communication.
> Eventually, I would like the person to be able to
> demonstrate independent transcription for short,
> unfamiliar, samples. (Isolated words in the bird=92s
> vocabulary are at high school level.) Because the
> bird uses several voices and the statements are
> isolated from extended context, the transcription
> process requires a degree of divergent thinking to
> connect the sounds with the target words.
>=20=20=20
> General comments are welcomed. Interested parties
> kindly respond directly.
>=20=20=20
> Thanks to all,
>=20=20=20
> Mike Dalton
> Florida
>
>
>
>
>=20=09=09
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! Shopping
> Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo!
> Shopping
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
=09=09
__________________________________________
Yahoo! DSL =96 Something to write home about.
Just $16.99/mo. or less.
dsl.yahoo.com
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
|