Hi Andrew,
I would also vote for an Oriole. The temporal pattern of your
recording (short songs with relatively long intervals between them)
meets pretty well my own experience with the Oriols here in Germany.
Starlings imitating Oriols usually include into their songs also their
own typical chatty and raspy song structures. So, it is unlikely that
a Starling would be able to produce such a perfect imitation that also
matches the Oriol's long-term song patterns without adding any other
elements.
Regards,
Raimund
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> 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!
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> Andrew
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> Remember plan 9th May 2009 for a day without cars
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> - Be a butterfly and stop a hurricane
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> Matthieu Crocq wrote:
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> > > Posted by: "Andrew Carter"
> > <standlynch%40btinternet.com> 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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