Re: Nest Sounds/Talk

["Avocet" madl74]

> Some years ago I read about sounds recorded in a tree hollow with
> nesting birds. The researchers stated that they believed the birds
> were communicating at night at low level. If memory serves, some
> reports were of crows or ravens "speaking" at nesting sites.

Michael,

Chris Watson did better on a BBC doc shown recently when he put a
lapel mic in a nest and recorded unhatched chicks chirping.

Ravens seem to have extensive subsongs which I've been trying to
record. They seem to be muttering quietly to each other. I can't find
a raven nest here, but it would be interesting to mic one up.

David

David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
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