Exactly. Though, there are sometimes individuals who do not sing such
a pronunced end phrase (which was probably the reason why I initially
misidentified the bird). In any case one can distinguish the two
species by listening carefully for a longer period of time. The
Blackcap songs are always shorter than those of the Garden Warbler.
Raimund
Klas Strandberg <> wrote:
> The "thumb rule" is that the Blackcap ends it's phrase with some
> strong and flute-like tones, while the Garden Warbler can go on for
> minutes with it's unstructured "blabber".
> There is a very "potent" Blackcap at the Telinga site.
>
> Klas.
>
>
> At 01:11 2007-05-24, you wrote:
> >--- In "Raimund Specht"
> ><recordingbird@> wrote:
> > >
> > > To illustrate the principle of dithering, I have prepared a quick
> > > example by using the Black cap recording that I made a few weeks ago
> > > with my new Fostex FR-2LE (thanks to Rombout de Wijs who notified me
> > > that is was not a Garden warbler).
> > >
> >
> >I cannot contribute anything to this discussion. But I'd LOVE to know
> >the "rule of thumb" which helps distinguish Blackcap from Garden
> >Warbler in such a short cut (or even one a bit longer....)
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
Krause
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> email:
> website: www.telinga.com
>
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