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Re: Spectrogram of the Grasshopper Sparrow song

Subject: Re: Spectrogram of the Grasshopper Sparrow song
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:37 pm ((PDT))
Fascinating how much energy between 6 and 10kHz is filled, Jim.
On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Jim Morgan wrote:

> I find it difficult to fully appreciate the complexity of the  
> Grasshopper
> Sparrow's song. To my ears, and they suffer from old age, the song  
> sounds
> like an ordinary insect buzz. Of course this is the reason it is  
> caller a
> grasshopper Sparrow.
>
> Anyway I am posting a spectrogram if it's song and it sure doesn't  
> look like
> a simple buzz. Instead you see a very complex series of different  
> notes,
> many of which I cant even hear.
>
> When I look at the spectrogram I get a better appreciate the effort  
> this
> little bird puts into it's song.
>
> So for those of you that are interested here is the spectrogram:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/fundador.photos/Temp?authkey=Gv1sRgCKzpsJLJ27HcMQ
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> #5631299589922746226
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> Jim Morgan
> Prescott, AZ
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>
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie  
> Krause.
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