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Re: Brown-headed Cowbird Theme and Variations

Subject: Re: Brown-headed Cowbird Theme and Variations
From: "David Michael" wildlifeanalysis
Date: Mon May 19, 2008 7:27 am ((PDT))
Thanks for sharing that Doug

I have never heard anything like that before. It is actually so weird
that at first I thought something was wrong with the recording or my
playback! 

D


--- In  Doug Von Gausig <> wrote:
>
> Today a single male Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) sat in the
tree 
> outside my office and began to sing. I started recording and became 
> fascinated by the variations I could hear in his songs and whistles.
I've 
> posted an MP3 of the song/whistle performance, and two resampled
clips of 
> his songs and whistles slowed to 1/3 normal speed. These resampled
clips 
> let you really hear the subtle differences in his songs and
whistles. They 
> are at: http://www.naturesongs.com/paruicte.html#bhco, beginning
with "A 
> single male..."
> 
> I'd like to hear others' recordings of this species from other
territories, 
> to see how dialectic they might be.
> 
> Doug
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> http://naturesongs.com
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> http://www.criticaleyephoto.com
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