Hi Matthieu -
You could be right - I played it various people locally here (Central
Southern England) and they all concurred - or rather offered it without
my prompting. We did discuss what could have imitated one - though didnt
think of starlings. I cant think that my local starlings would have
heard orioles. The other point is that I've not heard it since.
Just wish I'd seen what ever was singing!
Andrew
Remember plan 9th May 2009 for a day without cars
- Be a butterfly and stop a hurricane
Matthieu Crocq wrote:
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> > Posted by: "Andrew Carter"
> <standlynch%40btinternet.com> standlynch
> > Date: Tue May 29, 2007 1:43 am ((PDT))
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> >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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