Hi John,
Sounds like you've got the Hermit Thrush, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Western Tanager, Crow (species?), Dark-eyed
Junco, and your drummer. The drummer is a sapsucker. I'm guessing from
the rhythm that it is Williamson's Sapsucker. I recorded a female
Williamson's drumming in this abbreviated manner a couple of years ago.
She didn't drum as long as the male does. Most woodpeckers drum a
steady rhythm, the sapsuckers do the syncopation and irregularities.
The Red-breasted and Red-naped tend to drum rapidly at first then throw
in the variation at the end of the sequence.
Cheers,
Kevin J Colver
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On Behalf Of John Hartog
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:08 PM
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Subject: [Nature Recordists] Ochoco Mountains Mystery
I'm assuming I hear a Hermit Thrush, and in the background a Red
Breasted Nuthatch, and a few other birds I'm not certain of.
I am interested to hear what group members have to say about the
"tic-tok" call. And also what woodpecker is drumming?
(2:04min, 1.9MB, 128kbps)
http://www.rockscal
<http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh_070520-5am_birds.mp3>
lop.org/ear/jh_070520-5am_birds.mp3
Recorded May 20, 2007 about 5:00 am, while I was taking a 722 out for
a test drive in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon.
Recorder: SD722, 24bit/44.1, with gain setting at 50 out of 70.
Mics NT1-A (x2), head height, head spaced, ~20deg, with barrier
Edits: 44dB digital amplification, and some high shelf eq to the hiss.
Any comments or IDs will be greatly appreciated.
-John Hartog
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