Thank you Martyn,
Lots of Flickers in that area. I appreciate the clue! I'll try to
confirm that.
Thanks much for taking a listen,
Curt Olson
Martyn Stewart wrote:
> Lovely stuff, Curt...
>
> I don't know if anyone answered your woodpecker ID'S but I believe
> the main hammerhead is the northern flicker. I do hear a sapsucker
> in there too but mainly the flicker.
> Lovely stuff!
>
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> On Apr 28, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Curt Olson wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Early last week I spent a couple days in the Chippewa National Forest
>> for a little spring recording. I thought I'd share a few excerpts and
>> ask for help with some critter IDs, if anyone is willing.
>>
>> First, here's a recording of an American Woodcock "cruising for
>> chicks" near my rig on a bank overlooking a small lake:
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100418-evening_woodcock.mp3
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/2bg4xvw
>>
>> Sun was setting; skies were mostly clear; winds were dead calm; the
>> temperature was about 64 degrees Fahrenheit.
>>
>> The next morning, on the other side of the lake, a couple woodpeckers
>> did some cruising of their own about an hour apart. They both used a
>> large tree directly above a second mic rig, which was stationed at
>> the
>> shoreline.
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100419a-am_woodpecker.mp3
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/265978r
>>
>> http://www.trackseventeen.com/soundblog/x100419b-am_woodpecker.mp3
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/2eao8sa
>>
>> Note the traffic from a state highway about three miles away. Can
>> anyone help me ID these two woodpeckers?
>>
>> Later that evening, moved to an area that I thought might be a good
>> place to target the "winnowing" behavior of the Wilson's Snipe. One
>> snipe generously gave me the nicest close-up recording I've yet been
>> able to capture:
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