> Undoubtedly another Raven David, probably an invader getting chased
> off by your pair. I love Ravens for all the weird noises they make,
> listen to the last one on this page which sounds similar to yours:
Chris, David and others,
Thank you for your help but I had not recognised the honk honk as a
raven sound as it seemed too tuneful. There are at least two regular
ravens which mutter to each other in my woods, but "honk honk" is an
interloper from the woods on the opposite hill. I've never heard it
croak. I'd love to find a nest but to quote my neighbour his "burgler
alarms have teeth". Saturday night he was out with friends and it
sounded like a night on the Somme. Recorded that too.
I've got a good selection of corvids here, but surprisingly few
magpies, and I haven't pinned down any jays. A few local solitary
rooks with a range of calls, and hundreds from the rookery a mile away
sometimes do a flypast to bother my resident jackdaws. There's a two
storey high nest in my barn. I'm assuming full "caws" are crows but
they vary widely in pitch.
The woodland proper is four acres of mixed mainly hazel and birch but
at the top there is a mature beech plantation and nearer the cottage
there is a bank of spruce blotting out the winter sun. The spruce were
quite busy in the winter but I can't see what's flying about in them.
Goldcrest, yes and I'm still sorting out all the tits and warblers. I
had a marsh tit on the bird table in the snow and it's likely to be in
there as well. I've got recordings of chiffchaffs in the winter but
I'm not keeping up well with spring songs. I've got more nuthatch
tapping, but am trying to find the great spotted woodpecker's
favourite tree which belongs to a neighbour, but it did give me a
rattle on one of mine.
I'm overwhelmed with recordings and it's taking up most of my time
logging them. I've now got another stereo pair on the end of 200 metre
cables and am trying to pin down some of the more distant sounds, but
a fox obliged near the first pair and a vixen echoed around the woods
one night. And another wood pigeon mating in front of the main pair by
the animal track crossroads.
When I catch up on my sleep, I'll make good use of your web pages,
Chris, and start cataloguing, but I'm still a duffer on species sound
recognition. :-)
David
David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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