That is an amazing sound from these jays.
Kevin
On Apr 28, 2012, at 6:31 PM, hebertblaine wrote:
> John,
>
> This may be a male courtship song:
> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/sounds
>
> B. Hebert
>
> --- In John Brenneman
> <> wrote:
> >
> > 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 Pinnacles 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
> >
> > Unfortunately during the morning recording I lost the Right
> channel and only determined later that a rabbit had chewed most of
> the way through my mic cable. Mogami must be tasty. Has anyone out
> there experienced this problem? I hope it won't be a common
> occurrence.
> >
> > While hiking with my parabolic mic I chanced upon a Steller's Jay
> that was making vocalizations I've not heard before. It was foraging
> on a large sycamore down in narrow little Bear Creek gulch and
> sounding a bit thrasher-like. 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 recordings.
> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/stellers-jay-pinnacles-4-20-12
> >
> > Hope all works well as I'm still learning about sharing recordings.
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> > John Brenneman
> >
> >
>
>
"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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