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Re: unknown sound

Subject: Re: unknown sound
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:24:04 -0000
Coyote to my MN ear. For sure not snipe.
Rich

--- In  "Greg Kunkel" <>
wrote:
>
> This is a snip from a recording caught automatically in Andes, NY.
> It has been suggested to be:
> screech Owl
> coyote
> snipe (winnowing sound)
> 
> I am not to sure of any of these. It has a resonance that seems to 
> indicate some distance. The two chirps are from what I believe to be 
> a phoebe. Phoebes nest under the eaves of the house close to where 
> the microphone is placed. It is on a hillside at 2,300 feet in the 
> Catskills. The nearest wet fields are a 1/4 mile and the nearest 
> wetlands 1/2 mile down in the valley.
> 
> The microphone is a WM 61B capsule connected to a an old PC running 
> the capture software.
> 
> http://www.catskill.net/gkunk/birds/060631x.mp3
> 
>           Greg Kunkel
> http://www.catskill.net/gkunk/birds/
>







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