Re: Recorded last week in Pinnacles National Monument, California

["hebertblaine" hebertblaine]

John,

This may be a male courtship song:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/sounds

B. Hebert


--- In  John Brenneman <> wro=
te:
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> Hi fellow recordists.  I camped and recorded last thursday and Friday in =
Pinnacles Natl. Monument in California.Here are 2 recordings made with mics=
 in the same location at 8:30 PM and 6:30 AM the next morning in the Pinnac=
les campground beneath large Valley Oaks with a bog nearby.
> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/evening-in-pinnacles
> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/dawn-in-pinnacles-campground-4
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> Unfortunately during the morning recording I lost the Right channel and o=
nly determined later that a rabbit had chewed most of the way through my mi=
c cable. Mogami must be tasty.  Has anyone out there experienced this probl=
em?  I hope it won't be a common occurrence.
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> While hiking with my parabolic mic I chanced upon a Steller's Jay that wa=
s making vocalizations I've not heard before. It was foraging on a large sy=
camore down in narrow little Bear Creek gulch and sounding a bit thrasher-l=
ike.  It went on and on and I recorded several 30+ second cuts . Here is a =
short take before logistics put too much stream and wind noise into the rec=
ordings. http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/stellers-jay-pinnacles-4-20-12
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> Hope all works well as I'm still learning about sharing recordings.
>
> best regards,
>
> John Brenneman
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