> Just had another listen to your recordings, I notice in your second
> one dr000890corvids.mp3, at 9.6sec and 21.9sec a call from a marsh
> tit Parus palust, the high pitched "pitchu". Not a common species in
> the south west and now not common anywhere in the country.
Paul,
I'm struggling with species identification. I've got a large number of
different calls which I'm logging but the recorder is still running as
I type, pulling in more. :-)
I thought I heard a march tit, and I identified one on my bird table
in the snow and have photos of it. I had a lot of "pitchus" today with
other tits but am waiting for a CD to check them out. I've got calls
from the BBC web site and also from the British Library page but it
takes time.
> I would agree with Tom that it is highly likely to be a sparrowhawk,
> they are now a very common bird of prey. Sparrowhawks have a habit
> when hunting of keeping very low, hedge hopping, hoping to surprise
> their prey, so they can easily be missed.
I'll check that out again but to my ears the call is more mammalian
than avian in texture. I'm also having problem with corvids,
especially with single rooks and crows. I've identified ravens,
magpies and the jackdaws from my own chimney nest, but there are at
least two different crow "caws" I'm stuck on. I'm hampered by heavy
cover so it's difficult to see what's singing in the wood where my
mics are. I wandered down this afternoon to see what was peeping
loudly and of course it stopped, and a deer ran off. They can see me
but I can't see them.
Do pheasants make a very short "Tuk Tuk"? It's the right pitch but
fairly quiet. Have you heard my tawny owl female doing a toowhit
toowho?
http://www.stowford.org/sounds/dr000473owlpheascrop.mp3
It hasn't read the books, but a male answered her. :-)
David
David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
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