Thanks Mark and Martyn.
>From what recordings I could find on the web, I'd say you are right,
Mark, about the Brewer's sparrow =96 the habitat fits perfectly too.
I also noticed while looking around on the web, the sound the Wilson's
snipe makes with its wings is called "winnowing."
The White-crowned sparrow song is a tough one for me to remember,
because when I hear it I always think warbler not sparrow.
Also thank you Susanne for your compliment.
John Hartog
--- In "M, J, & V Phinney"
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> A quick listen yielded white-crowned sparrow, wilson's snipe, some
short,
> buzzy trills that sound like fledglings of some sort, but I believe your
> main subject is a Brewer's Sparrow. Have a listen to some reference
songs
> and see what you think.
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> Mark Phinney
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> on 7/15/07 9:22 PM, John Hartog at wrote:
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> 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)
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> http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-070625-0433_dismal-swamp.mp3
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> 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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