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Subject: Re: Id Help
From: "Mark Phinney" badgreenbird
Date: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:19 pm ((PDT))
yup - that's a Lincoln's Sparrow, along with your Fox Sparrow.

A Bicknell's Thrush sounds sort of like a Veery crossed with a
Swainson's....
Good Luck!


Mark Phinney



On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Mark Brennan
<>wrote:

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>
>
>  Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has experience recording the Bicknells
> Thrush (Catharus bicknelli). I was in breeding habitat for this bird over
> the weekend and spent about 8 hours over 2 days.. on location at 4am-8am
> trying to record one but also recording the morning chorus on the Boreal
> Plateau, words cant describe the sounds!. (Cape Breton Highlands National
> Park) I had heard one here about 6 years ago in the same location, that w=
as
> the last time, but I was with a very experienced birder who could pick it
> out.
>
> I have uploaded a very short file here (part of a longer one)
> http://wildearthvoices.org/index.php?p=3D1_25_Private - "Under what is it=
?"
> If you dont see it just refresh the page.
>
> Interestingly enough on my way in, i met up with 3 Parks biologists who
> were attempting to mist net/attatch a  radio telemetary device to Bicknel=
ls.
>
> Is it a Bicknells? I am thinking Lincolns Sparrow, but the two seem to
> sound very close. I used the Fostex FR2LE and Rode nt4 mic. You can also
> hear a fox sparrow, such a magnificent song!
> thankyou for your help.
>
> Mark
>
>
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