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Re: Death Valley ID Help?

Subject: Re: Death Valley ID Help?
From: "Martyn Stewart" mijdog2000
Date: Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:22 am ((PST))
Jack.

I had this from a young lady who has an ear like a dog! Her name is
Tayler Brooks.

> Yup, sounds good for White-crowned Sparrow for number 1.  Probably a
> "Mountain" White-crowned, Z. leucophrys oriantha.  There's also a
> gnatcatcher in the background, I think it might be a Blue-gray
> Gnatcatcher but I'm not totally sure.
>
> Agree with Brewer's Sparrow for the second one.  Also in recording
> are Verdin calls (the high, descending, piercing note), more WCSP,
> and gnatcatcher a few times early on.
>
> There's a lot going on in the recording labeled as ID 4 so I'm
> having a tricky time singling out all the species, but I do hear:
> Brewer's Sparrow song, Verdin calls, Costa's Hummingbird song (the
> super high-pitched rising-falling sound), White-crowned Sparrow song
> again, and what sounds like a "black-throated" warbler's song which
> I think is a Black-throated Gray Warbler.
>
> The last short clip are two calls from a Verdin.
>
> I bid you good recording,
>
> ~Tayler





Martyn
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