Hi John,
'Any chance that the Hermit Thrush in your Ochoco Mountains recording
might be a Veery? Several years ago, I heard a Veery for the first
time in eastern Washington. At first I thought it was a Hermit
Thrush. But, the experienced birders in my group excitedly described
it as a Veery. (To me, the Veery sounds like a Swainson's thrush--but
in reverse--with its sounds spiraling downward instead of upward.)
FYI, here's the Cornell University recording of a Veery:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Veery.html#sound
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Warmly,
Roger
--- In "John Hartog"
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>
> I want to thank all on this list who responded =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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