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Re: Ochoco Mountains Mystery

Subject: Re: Ochoco Mountains Mystery
From: "John Hartog" hartogj
Date: Tue Jun 5, 2007 10:29 pm ((PDT))
I want to thank all on this list who responded =C2=96 your comments were
all kind and very helpful.  I am glad to now feel fairly familiar with
at least one call of Catharus guttatus the Hermit Thrush.
Here is another short cut of when a Hermit thrush was somewhat closer
to the mics.   (1min, 927kb)

http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-070520_hermit-thrush.mp3

John Hartog


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David Barnas wrote:
"Speaking of touring, the Ochoco mountains recording (from John Hartog, I
think?) is nice. I biked the Trans American trail in 1996, and that
goes through
the Ochoco area and over the Ochoco pass. So I have been there. But at
that
time, I didn't pay attention to sounds like I do now, I loved the
scenery, it is
beautiful there! I can look at my old pics of Ochoco, and listen to the
recording ! :)"

Volker Widmann wrote:
"A lovely recording! I would love to be there."

Kevin J Colver wrote:
"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."

Martyn Stewart wrote:
"Nice recording, John as usual..
F.Y.I.  I can hear: hermit thrush, yellow rumped warbler, red-breasted
nuthatch, chipping sparrow, common raven "Tic-toc call",great horned
owl, brown creeper, western tanager, dark-eyed junco. red-breasted
sapsucker drumming...
Very nice ambient..."

Suzanne Williams wrote:
"Lovely morning sounds, John. The drumming does sound like a
woodpecker to me"

Mark Phinney wrote:
Nice recording -
"I hear (at least): hermit thrush, yellow-rumped warbler, red-breasted
nuthatch, chipping sparrow, common raven, great horned owl, brown creeper,
western tanager, dark-eyed junco and sapsucker (species?)
the calls ending with a loud 'toc' are the raven - a higher pitched
call(possibly young) is given later. The drumming woodpecker has the
distinctive pattern of a sapsucker - not sure which species you have
there."

John Hartog wrote:
"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.rockscallop.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."







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