Hi Mark,
Thanks for the IDs and yes all those are found in the area. I will
have to look up the calls for wilson's snip and vesper sparrow to get
a grasp.
John Hartog
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> I had a quick listen and heard the following birds:
> 1) killdeer, wilson's snipe (call & winnow)
> 2) sandhill crane, vesper sparrow, american robin
> 3) black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, yellow-rumped warbler
> 4) northern saw-whet owl
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> There could be more...If any of these are not found in your area, I
may have
> mistaken them for something that sounds similar.
>
> Mark Phinney
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> on 5/27/08 12:18 AM, John Hartog at wrote:
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> Here is one minute comprised of four short recordings faded together
> giving a quick glimpse into a good day of recording Saturday May 17
Message: 2008.
Subject: >
> http://www..rockscallop.org/ear/jh-080517_ochocos.mp3
> <http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-080517_ochocos.mp3>
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> Segment 1: Big Summit Prairie. I parked along the road around 12:30
> a.m. to record this lively wetland. Besides the Pacific Chorus Frogs
> and winnowing Snipes, I do not know the other birds.
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> Segment 2: Sage and Grassland slope overlooking Big Summit Prairie.
> By the time I set up camp, and watched the full moon set, dawn was
> already lighting the horizon. The unseasonably hot weather seemed to
> bring the dawn chorus early beginning promptly at 4 am. =96 this segment
> from around 5 a.m. Is that a Sandhill Crane?
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> Segment 3: Area of open Ponderosa forest on Black Mountain. Around 10
> a.m I noticed bumble bees could not resist the white flowers on what I
> think were currant bushes. You can hear the bees come in two sizes.
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> Segment 4: Rocky grassland knolls with Ponderosa lined draws near
> Little Summit Prairie, 11 p.m. An owl stopped by for awhile, calling
> beyond the frogs. I think it is a Saw-whet Owl.
>
> John Hartog
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