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Re: possibly OT? bird song in movies

Subject: Re: possibly OT? bird song in movies
From: "Doug Von Gausig" dougvg
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:34 pm ((PDT))

At 02:39 PM 3/28/2007, you wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I apologize if this is too OT for the list - you're the only ones out
>there that I thought might appreciate the observation I wanted to
>make. :)
>
>Just finished watching the recent movie "Blood Diamond" as was
>continually distracted by the frequent use of what I think was a
>Black-Throated Green Warbler, and a couple of times I thought I heard
>a Hairy Woodpecker to boot. All heard within the African jungle,
>which if my guides are accurate, really isn't possible?
>
>I supposed it's not news that movies often use bird song for
>environmental "color", song that is not realistically possible in the
>location in which the movie is set. But I just had to vent. :)
>
>Thanks for humoring me,
>
>Karen

I heard Cactus Wrens and one of the Neotropical Ant-Shrikes in the same movie.

Doug
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