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Re: Montezuma Oropendola

Subject: Re: Montezuma Oropendola
From: "Jim Morgan" fundador_four
Date: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:12 am ((PST))
Fantastic recording Martyn! Thanks for sharing.

Jim

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Martyn Stewart <>wro=
te:

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> http://soundcloud.com/mijdog/montezuma-oropendola
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> A recording recently from Central America brings the Montezuma Oropendola=
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> This is a bird that uses its syrinx to the maximum and one that I
> particularly love.
>
> This is one of my most favorite bird vocalizations. Recorded in Belize,
> this is the Montezuma Oropendola. The strange and remarkable song of the
> Montezuma Oropendola is an ascending series of overlapping bubbly syllabl=
es
> which crescendo to a high peak. The song is often accompanied by a scratc=
hy
> call that is reminiscent of a fizzling firecracker or the ripping of a
> thick fabric (Stiles & Skutch 1989). A single-syllable whiney eeuh call
> seems to function as a contact call between birds. Howell and Webb (1995)
>
> Recorder: SD 788t
> Microphones: MKH-40/30
> Tripod mounted with Rycote windjammer
> 300 feet cable run
> Sample/bit rate: 48k 24 bit
> Recordist: Martyn Stewart
>
> Location: Mayan temple, Belize.
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