Ed,
I also have suspected that Carolina Wrens sing in response
to other noises. I have noticed that they will respond to people's
voices and presence also.
It would be hard to substantiate in a noisy environment, but it would
be an interesting project for a quiet environment - if any could
be found.
I've also wondered if they respond to other species songs.
Drew
At 07:26 PM 6/22/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks for the help, everyone. Now that it's identified, I found it on
>my CD, and was able to find some information about it.
>
>I don't remember hearing this bird before this spring. Now there seems
>to be just the one. But I hear him every morning, even inside when I'm
>just starting to wake up. I am near the northern limit of this species,
>but we had an unusually mild winter, so that may help explain his
>appearance in my neighborhood. Oh, yes -- And my neighbor put up a bird
>feeder.
>
>I have cleaner recordings of him than what I posted, but I was amused
>by the way he appeared to answer the train. In fact, the exact moment
>of the train horn sounding was the first time he appeared in my
>recording, which started 17 minutes earlier. I was also amazed by his
>ability to compete vocally with the train and the rumble of traffic on
>I-495, both within a few hundred yards. I was even more amazed when I
>found out how small he is.
>
>/ Ed
>
>
>On Jun 22, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Gene Dorcas wrote:
>
> > Carolina Wren. I have lots of them around my home. Their song is
> > very loud
> > for such a small bird. You may not be seeing it because its further
> > away
> > than it sounds like. They perch near my house and I can hear them
> > inside in
> > any room of the house. They also build nests pretty low to the ground.
> > I've
> > lived where I do now for 31 years and each year they build a nest in my
> > garage on the shelf behind the paint cans. I've also seen them nest in
> > my
> > shrubs.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gene
> >
> > www.froggers.com
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of Ed Anson
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:05 PM
> > To: Nature Recordists
> > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Help needed with bird ID
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been hearing this bird in my neighborhood for some time now, but
> > I haven't been able to identify it. Whenever I hear it, it's completely
> > hidden by the trees, so I have no idea what it looks like.
> >
> > I have posted a brief clip from a recording at
> > http://home. <http://home.comcast.net/~edanson/DawnChorus.mp3>
> > comcast.net/~edanson/DawnChorus.mp3
> >
> > This is very early in the dawn chorus, in my suburban neighborhood
> > about twenty miles north of Boston, four minutes or so past the start
> > of twilight. Very little is heard, until the call of the locomotis
> > commuterensis is answered by my mystery bird. He calls a few times and
> > then remains silent for awhile.
> >
> > This call is in none of my identification CDs, but I bet someone in
> > this group will recognize him immediately.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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