Thanks Jim - I had listened to this, mine seems similiar to what folks there
say is a "female call", but still not properly the same. I'd love to hear from
anyone with field experience of this bird,
Chris
--- In Jim Morgan <> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Here is a collection of Little Owl (Athene noctua) vocalisations from
> Xeno-canto that might be of some help.
>
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> http://xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=Athene%20noctua&pagenumber=&order=taxonomy&view=3
> *
>
> My hearing is not very good so I won't offer an opinion as to the ID of your
> very nice recording.
> *
> *
> Jim Morgan
> Prescott, Arizona USA
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 8:36 AM, chrishails50 <> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Can anyone help me id this sound ? It was recorded about 3 weeks ago near
> > an old gravel pit bordering a woodland in western Switzerland at 500m asl
> > about 11.00 on a clear sunny morning.
> >
> > The sound seemed to be coming from an elevated grassy bank immediately next
> > to the wood, and at the time I thought it was a small mammal in the grass,
> > but I realise now that it may have been in the edge of the trees. There is
> > not much reference material on it but my thoughts are that it may have been
> > a call of the European Little Owl (Athene noctua). I heard it calling
> > intermittently like this over the space of 30 mins or so, the sound carried
> > a good 500+ meters which is when I first heard it and started to track it
> > down:
> >
> > http://wildechoes.org/exchange/Mystery%20extract.mp3
> >
> > No filtering or EQ applied this is straight out the can.
> >
> > This is not the normal A.noctua "song" but seems to correspond quite
> > closely with the excitement call on this page:
> >
> > http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Athene&species=noctua
> >
> > It would be rare but not impossible in that particular location, but I have
> > not encountered this sound before.
> >
> > All help gratefully received !
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Chris
> > http://wildechoes.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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