Fellow recordists,
On my drive back up to Oregon from the Nature Sound Society workshop,
I camped in the Warner Mountains in Modoc County, California. Here is
a highlight from a recording of mine of a lively dawn chorus over a
wet meadow surrounded by desert sage in the foreground and behind; a
pine forest to the distant center and right; and a large grove of
aspen distant center and left. (41sec, 645kb)
http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-070625-0433_dismal-swamp.mp3
I mostly want to know what makes the long series of buzzy expressions
(near left and also a bit out and right)? Are those blackbirds of some
sort? Opinions regarding IDs for any of the species in this recording
will be greatly appreciated.
Someone at one of the NSS field trips pointed out to me what a Snipe
sounds like, and I can hear snipes in this recording: it's those
swirly-woops. The background is very busy with what sounds like a
whole lot of robins.
John Hartog
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