There are other apps too like the Audubon and Bird tunes that Kevin,
Lang and I have contributed to. What makes me feel is you must have
heard someone walking around the mic?, The speakers on those units are
not the best yet that was so clear, No Car door or rustling leaves?
Strange one for sure.....
Martyn
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On Sep 23, 2010, at 1:43 AM, Kawika wrote:
> 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--
> 1. All three voices came from the same direction, left of center
> 2. The calls were evenly spaced, about 30 seconds apart
> 3. A mixed-species flock of owls would likely be a major news event
> in ornithological circles
> 4. I listened again carefully to this file--the Great Horned Owl
> voice sequence is strangely truncated
> 5. While this meadow is more than a mile from the nearest road, it
> was possible there had been others present at this meadow before I
> returned to retrieve my well-concealed gear at 0630
> 6. 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 available 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 perfectly the voices I recorded.
>
> Well, the Mkh 20's and the SD702 did a great job of capturing what
> was there to hear. But the real Spotted Owl recording I got remains
> the most valuable for this trip.
>
> I have enjoyed the humor of this--
>
> Aloha,
> David
>
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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 Horned pair, and thought the third must be a W Screech
> variant call--surely not three species calling from nearly the same
> direction.
> >
> > Thanks so much for listening--I was even luckier than I knew!
> > Aloha,
> > David
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > David Kuhn
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> > --- In Martyn Stewart <mstew@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am fairly convinced that the last owl call is that of the
> Northern Pygmy Owl. I know the first calls are definitely western
> screech and great horned 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 the Central
> > > > Sierra. After many stops while driving around the mid-
> elevation forest, hooting
> > > > at each stop, we luckily stopped within a few meters of an
> unseen pair--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 didn't know I
> > > > got these owls until I had time to audit the unattended
> recording when I got
> > > > home to Hawaii--what luck! Western Screech and Great Horned
> Owls, 0600 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
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> > > > dkuhn012001@
> > > > 808 335 0398
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