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Re: UK Bird ID ?

Subject: Re: UK Bird ID ?
From: "macmang4125" macmang4125
Date: Mon Sep 4, 2006 10:05 pm (PDT)
--- In  "David Harris" <> wrote:
>
> > it's also on
> > http://www.harrisphotography.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Bird002.mp3
> > I go for Great Tit - but ease off on the LF cutoff. Most UK birds
seem
> > to have some energy down to 500. There's a strange nasalityand
overtone
> > in the first bar, but I assume that is the mp3-ization
>
> Sorry guys - http://tinyurl.com/hosk2 : it worked the first time, but
> many thanks to SW for correcting it and the agreed ID of Gt Tit.
>
> Yes, I noticed the weird clucking sound right at the start, but I
> think it's a female pheasant lurking in the undergrowth !
>
> AS for LF cutoff, I used Cool Edit Pro to check the spectral analysis,
> and there really wasn't much below 2kHz. I wouldnt normally cut off so
> high, but it seemed OK in this instance.
>
> I've also noticed that MP3s automatically cutoff at 16kHz anyway -
> which is why I'm doing all of my pre MP3 work in WAV format.
>

I would go for Great Tit as well, but watch out for those pesky Coal
Tits which can do a good imitation of a Great.
Phil








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