Hello Tom - thanks for your interesting sounds. On the first one it is weird I
agree. If I heard it in my neck of the woods I would go looking for a Hoopoe,
but Devon in Dec I suppose is unlikely ! It is quite a knocking noise but I
don't think it is a woodpecker - my mind turns towards Magpie/ Crow/ Raven they
can all make funny hollow sounds - but I can't get nearer than that.
For Tenerife I cannot even guess I'm afraid !
Chris
http://www.wildechoes.org
--- In "Tom Williams" <> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's a couple of puzzles for anyone with time on their hands this weekend.
>
> The first was passed to me by my father for identification - I think he
> recorded it on his mobile phone, which just goes to show that almost everyone
> is now carrying recording devices capable of capturing sounds of good enough
> quality for identification purposes!
>
> It was recorded a couple of days ago in woodland on one of the lowland heaths
> in East Devon. He believes the bird was up in the trees, although he couldn't
> see it, and it called repeatedly for around 5 minutes. Neither he nor I has
> ever heard anything quite like it - at a guess I'd say it was some kind of
> gamebird?
>
> http://soundcloud.com/pterodaktyl/mystery-sound-1
>
> The second sound is one of my recordings. I made it on the 10th December at
> around 2,000m on the northern slopes of Mount Teide on Tenerife in the Canary
> Islands. The bird was quite a long way off and I was using the built-in mics
> on my LS-10, so I had to do some filtering to raise the call above the
> background noise. The terrain was best described as high-altitude desert -
> volcanic sand and gravel with low scrubby bushes and plants dotted around.
>
> http://soundcloud.com/pterodaktyl/mystery-sound-2
>
> Most of the birds on Tenerife were fairly quiet due to the time of year, but
> it was fascinating to hear familiar species like Robin, Blue Tit and
> Chiffchaff producing almost unrecognisable songs and calls!
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
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