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Re: Sound ID

Subject: Re: Sound ID
From: "Martyn Stewart" mijdog2000
Date: Wed May 11, 2011 7:07 am ((PDT))
I hear it Mark... I think it is a rail, Maybe virginia rail, certainly soun=
ds like one to me but let the birders chip in..




Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
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425-898-0462
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Make every garden a wildlife habitat

On May 11, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Mark Brennan wrote:

> Thanks Martyn, Got the winnowing! But the sound I am trying to id is the=

> 'spitting' sound 'underneath' the winnowing. Can you hear it? Sounds almo=
st
> mechanical but isnt. Is this a part of the winnowing also?
>
>
> Mark A. Brennan
> Canadian Landscape Painter - web
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> ________________________________
> From: Martyn Stewart <>
> To: 
> Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 10:47:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Sound ID
>
> Apparently the bird uses it's feathers to make this sound, Very common be=
fore
> dawn, they will fly to the highest high and on the downwind it produces t=
his
> amazing sound. Love Snipes.
>
> Taken off the web: The hollow, low whistled sound called "winnowing" is u=
sed by
> the male to defend his territory and attract a mate. It is not a vocal so=
und,
> but rather is produced by air flowing over the outstretched tail feathers=
 with
> each wingbeat. The outer tail feathers are greatly modified to produce th=
e sound
> and are thin and curved.
>
> Martyn
> ------------------------------------------------
> Martyn Stewart
> www.naturesound.org
> www.soundofcritters.com
>
> 425-898-0462
> -------------------------------------------------
> Make every garden a wildlife habitat
>
> On May 11, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Mark Brennan wrote:
>
> > Thanks Martyn, I have never heard the Snipe make that call, learn somet=
hing new
> >
> > everyday! Is this noise made in the air as with winnowing and is it a v=
ocal
> > sound ie from their 'mouth' as opposed to feathers.
> >  mark
> >
> >
> > Mark A. Brennan
> > Canadian Landscape Painter - web
> > Nature Recordist - web
> > Follow me on:
> > twitter  facebook  soundcloud  bandcamp
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Martyn Stewart <>
> > To: 
> > Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 10:30:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Sound ID
> >
> > Common snipe Mark
> >
> > Martyn
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > Martyn Stewart
> > www.naturesound.org
> > www.soundofcritters.com
> >
> > 425-898-0462
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > Make every garden a wildlife habitat
> >
> > On May 11, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Mark Brennan wrote:
> >
> > > I will admit I am stumped here, this was recorded last week (Late Apr=
il) on a
> >
> > > very frosty morning near a large wetland. Overhead are 2 Snipe winnow=
ing, but
> >I
> >
> > >
> > > havent a clue what this is? Note the ruffle of feathers before it beg=
ins to
> > >call
> > >
> > > (Grouse?) Recorded about half an hour before sunrise. Does anyone hav=
e an
> > idea?
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/3r5z7s2
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
>
>
>










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