Your welcome Chris, good luck on your ID.
Another approach would be posting to Xeno-canto and ask for opinions on the
ID. It's free and easy to join. See http://xeno-canto.org/
Jim
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM, chrishails50 <> wrote:
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> 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 t=
o
> 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.
> >
> > *
> >
> http://xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=3DAthene%20noctua&pagenumber=3D&or=
der=3Dtaxonomy&view=3D3
> > *
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > 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 immediatel=
y
> 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. The=
re
> is
> > > not much reference material on it but my thoughts are that it may hav=
e
> 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 trac=
k
> 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=3DAthene&species=3Dnoctua
> > >
> > > 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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