Hi Folks,
When it came to light with Martyn's help that I had recorded the voices of =
not two, but three!! species of owl, a quiet skeptical voice whispered "too=
good to be true". Others of you may have heard a similar voice. I started=
looking at the facts--
Message: 1.
Subject: All three voices came from the same direction, left of center
Message: 2.
Subject: The calls were evenly spaced, about 30 seconds apart
Message: 3.
Subject: A mixed-species flock of owls would likely be a major news event in
orni=
thological circles
Message: 4.
Subject: I listened again carefully to this file--the Great Horned Owl voice
sequ=
ence is strangely truncated
Message: 5.
Subject: While this meadow is more than a mile from the nearest road, it was
poss=
ible there had been others present at this meadow before I returned to retr=
ieve my well-concealed gear at 0630
Message: 6.
Subject: So, if a birder had been there using playback to see what owls might
be =
there, what recordings might have been used? There are two birding apps av=
ailable for ipods--Sibley's and the one called IBirdPro. I checked Sibley's=
, no match. IBird Pro, E Voila!! The recordings on this app match perfectl=
y the voices I recorded.
Well, the Mkh 20's and the SD702 did a great job of capturing what was ther=
e to hear. But the real Spotted Owl recording I got remains the most valua=
ble for this trip.
I have enjoyed the humor of this--
Aloha,
David
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
David Kuhn
www.soundshawaiian.com
808 335 0398
Cell 808 651 8247
Mail to: PO Box 1018
Waimea, Kaua'i HI 96796
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--- In "Kawika" <> wrote:
>
> Of course!! You are right Martyn, Northern Pygmy--I was so amazed to get =
two species, was sure of the first as W Screech, the second as a Great Hor=
ned pair, and thought the third must be a W Screech variant call--surely no=
t three species calling from nearly the same direction.
>
> Thanks so much for listening--I was even luckier than I knew!
> Aloha,
> David
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> David Kuhn
> www.SoundsHawaiian.com
> email:
> 808 335 0398
> cell 808 651 8247
> Mail to: PO Box 1018
> Waimea, Kauai, HI 96796
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> --- In Martyn Stewart <mstew@> wrote:
> >
> > I am fairly convinced that the last owl call is that of the Northern Py=
gmy Owl. I know the first calls are definitely western screech and great ho=
rned owl but i'm sure the other is the NPOW
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:53 PM, David Kuhn wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Recordingists,
> > > I too recorded some owls this past summer. I was in California for a =
couple
> > > weeks for a backpack trip and to record (by invitation and with
> > > permission)Spotted Owl (Endangered Species) with owl researchers in t=
he Central
> > > Sierra. After many stops while driving around the mid-elevation fores=
t, hooting
> > > at each stop, we luckily stopped within a few meters of an unseen pai=
r--the
> > > high-pitched call is a female in response to the male. Telinga stereo=
into
> > > SD702---
> > >
> > > http://soundshawaiian.com/mp3/SPOW.mp3
> > >
> > > A few days later in Yosemite I set up to record overnight in a meadow=
at 7500
> > > feet elevation, then returned the next morning to pick up gear. I did=
n't know I
> > > got these owls until I had time to audit the unattended recording whe=
n I got
> > > home to Hawaii--what luck! Western Screech and Great Horned Owls, 060=
0 hours.
> > > The echo is off big Douglas fir and Lodgepole trees around the meadow=
. SD702
> > > with MKH20's in a mod SASS--
> > >
> > > http://soundshawaiian.com/mp3/Owls%20Yos.mp3
> > >
> > > Aloha,
> > > David
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > David Kuhn
> > > www.soundshawaiian.com
> > > david@
> > > dkuhn012001@
> > > 808 335 0398
> > > Cell 808 651 8247
> > > Mail to: PO Box 1018
> > > Waimea, Kaua'i HI 96796
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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