> Posted by: "Andrew Carter" standlynch
> Date: Tue May 29, 2007 1:43 am ((PDT))
>
>In the spirit of putting short recordings out to the group, heres one I
>made last Sunday.
>I was walking down into the nearby river valley to do some recording
>when I was suddenly aware of an unusual bird song - sounding rather
>thrushlike - I managed to switch the recorder on and grab the last few
>notes without adjusting any settings. Listening back later I realised it
>was a Golden Oriole - rather rare, and normally just a few pass through
>on migration, though they do still breed in East Anglia I gather - where
>I last heard the bird 22 years ago. Its just a shame I didnt see it as
>the male is a rather spectacular yellow and green thrush sized bird.
>Such a tropical sound is just a-typical of our normal birds. I didnt
>hear it again so I assume it was just on passage, called a few times and
>then carried on.
>I've put the unedited file oriole.mp3 in the files section - please
>excuse the usual car sounds, and noisy leaves.
Hello Andrew
I fear it may be a common starling, as the song seems a little
bit too fast for the "standard" oriole... Starlings are known to
do excellent mimicry of the oriole songs, and many birdwatchers
have been had. But I may be wrong! And nevertheless, it's a
pleasure to hear. Where did you record this? Here in France
the golden oriole is a rather common forest bird, but when
you hear one of them sing in a town park, or during the winter,
you can almost be sure it's a starling doing its thing ;-)
Best regards,
Matthieu
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