My daughter raised a baby Steller when my neighbor rescued him from her cat's
mouth. When he grew up, he would make same sound when he was resting after a
big meal. I was surprised to hear him make atypical Steller sound at the time.
Munir.
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On Apr 28, 2012, at 9:02 PM, John Brenneman <> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Yes I agree this Jay had a distinct Mimid quality to it's singing. I was
> expecting a Thrasher when the Steller's came out and I followed it at very
> close range as it foraged and sang. Maybe 20 ft away in the open.
>
> John
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Kevin Colver wrote:
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> > BTW, the "Stellar's Jay" recording sounds quite a bit like a Gray
> > Catbird. Are you sure the Jay was making the sounds you heard? Just
> > a thought.
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin Colver
> >
> > On Apr 27, 2012, at 3:29 PM, John Brenneman wrote:
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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 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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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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