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Re: Dawn Chorus - International Dawn Chorus Day

Subject: Re: Dawn Chorus - International Dawn Chorus Day
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
Date: Mon May 26, 2008 8:20 am ((PDT))
At 10:10 PM -0700 5/12/08, M, J, & V Phinney wrote:
>Very nice recording...I find the wood thrush song very soothing; almost as
>nice as the local hermit thrushes.

Both high on the melodic scale for sure. Hermits are pretty rare
here. My next favorite melodic singer that summers here be the
meadowlark. For sublime echoes, woodpeckers are hard to beat.

>  The squabbling birds are rose-breasted grosbeaks;

I can confirm their presence. Thanks for solving the riddle! Rob D.

>  other prominent songbirds are tufted titmouse and black-capped
>chickadee. I didn't listen with headphones, so didn't pick out the fainter
>sounds.
>
>Mark Phinney
>
>on 5/8/08 12:47 AM, Rob Danielson at
><type%40uwm.edu> wrote:
>
>I cheated as my rig was running all night. The 4 minute passage
>started at 6:23 am in Southwest, Wisconsin in a secluded hollow
>within the Kickapoo River Valley (43 degrees 35.490 North and 90
>degrees 39.074 West). On the left is traffic on Highway 131, 2 miles
>away.
>
><https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/type/public/media/7355EQ2HollowClsThrush.mp3>=
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/type/public/media/7355EQ2HollowClsThrush.mp3
>
>A thrush perched above the rear mic pair of my surround rig comprised
>of 2-Rode NT1-A mic angled @ 70 degrees with 13" spread. I detect
>turkeys, Canadian geese, sandhill cranes, a bittern, woodpeckers and
>other song birds. Could those be orioles involved in the tussle
>midway through? Rob D.
>
>
>


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