The first two tracks could be recorded outside my house in middle Sweden.
The third one has a phrase which I have never heard.
Klas.
At 07:10 2007-04-17, you wrote:
>Some time ago we had some postings about winter projects. Before
>winter becomes a distant memory I thought I would share one of mine
>since it contains some nice sounds plus a bit of a mystery.
>
>The "normal" race of the Bullfinch in Western Europe is Pyrrhula
>pyrrhula europea. During some winters Europe experiences invasions of
>the "northern" Bullfinch P.p.pyrrhula, a race which spreads north and
>east across Russia. 2004 was particularly noted for this, and it was
>observed that many of these birds gave a distinctive "trumpet" call,
>after the fact that it sounded like a child's plastic trumpet.
>(Bullfinches are normally rather quiet birds, giving a gentle "plew"
>contact call, and a very low "creaking" song reminiscent of a badly
>oiled gate hinge !)
>
>Hearing quite distinctive sounds from Bullfinches in the Jura
>mountains this winter I set out to see if they were "trumpeters".
>What I found surprised me. Comparing my recordings with some made by
>other people in 2004, and a reference recording of the trumpet call
>from the Komi Republic, it seems it was not the trumpet call I was
>hearing, but more a distinctive Bullfinch song for which I have not
>yet been able to find any reference material. Now the snow has gone
>and spring is in full swing I am no longer hearing these songs and I
>am left wondering whether I recorded winter visiting "northern"
>P.p.pyrrhula, or whether it is simply the song of the European race
>P.p.europea which has not yet found its way to the "regular"
>collections ?
>
>In message #27413 Tero Linjama shared some recordings from Finland
>which had a Bullfinch reminiscent of mine, there the race should be
>the "northern" one. As the breeding season advances I am still
>looking to find out what my remaining Bullfinches are singing !
>
>Can anyone help shed some light on what I may have recorded ? Some of
>my samples can be found here (apologies to anyone who hears me
>gasping for breath in the snow!):
>
>http://cjhails.googlepages.com/bullfinch
>
>Thanks for your interest.
>
>Chris
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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