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I read about it on the cave wall with other illustrations.
I had no luck at all defining the male and female calls of the
Montezuma quails, they are so bloody hard to find never mind
observing them, like you say, you can't get a visual of the bird/birds.
we spoke about this before, i did ask someone down in Arizona that
keeps the birds to give me a heads up, i'll ask him again.
I found some in Big Bend NP, first sightings there since 1982
apparently. they are back on the park list.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. WA
425-898-0462
Make every garden a wildlife habitat
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On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:51 PM, Kevin Colver wrote:
> Martyn,
> Sounds so easy a caveman could do it.
> Kevin
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> On Aug 28, 2007, at 10:07 PM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
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> > i have heard both sexes grunt and squeak, Kevin. on the Skagit flats
> > you can pretty well see the calls each sex makes, i like to think
> > your theory is reversed though, i mean when Roo (the wife)
> screams at
> > me i take no notice because there is only one person like me on this
> > planet and the mold was broken but when i grunt she makes me a
> cup of
> > tea, surely all females respond this way :)
> >
> > Martyn
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> > Martyn Stewart
> > http://www.naturesound.org
> >
> > Redmond. WA
> > 425-898-0462
> >
> > Make every garden a wildlife habitat
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> > On Aug 28, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Kevin Colver wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > Can you help me out with this one?
> > >
> > > As I have listened to Snow and Ross's Geese fly overhead, I hear
> > both
> > > the low grunting and the high squeaking calls. Most of the time it
> > > seems as if one of a piar makes the low grunt while the other
> > > responds with the squeak. Canada geese, ducks, and even Sandhill
> > > cranes seem to also keep up similar vocal contact while in
> flight as
> > > a pair.
> > >
> > > So the question is whether one is the male and the other female
> and
> > > if so, which makes which call. BNA reports that both sexes make
> both
> > > calls, but I wonder?
> > >
> > > Here is my guess: I guess the female makes the grunt and the male
> > > makes the squeak. Why this guess? The grunt seems analogous to the
> > > quack of female ducks. The female doesn't need to worry about
> > > keeping in contact with the male, that's his worry. There are
> plenty
> > > of males if this one loses his way. The male squeaks in almost a
> > > frantic attempt to keep the attention of the female.
> > >
> > > Anyone know for sure? Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kevin Colver
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