On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Debbie Leick <dle...@mpgranch.com> wrote:
> Hi Ted, > That is a nice recording! I have no idea what the call is. Grebe-ish > popped into my head. > You got it! Or, at least, I think you do. Am pretty sure it's a Western Grebe. I've heard this call from Western Grebes in flight, and, perhaps more to the point, I was recording at a lake with a couple Western Grebes. Hey, folks, while I have your attention, I thought I'd bring your attention to an aberrant White-crowned Sparrow flight call: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70518311 It's okay--really, it is!--for birds to give flight calls that deviate somewhat to hugely from normal. I'm as big a fan as anybody of the idea that many birds can be ID'd by their flight calls; but I'm also increasingly struck by how many flight calls aren't quite right. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA > I've attached a file with a call that sounds and looks similar to yours. > Do you think they are the same? > We recorded it the night of Sept 26 in southern Ravalli County, MT at a > remote acoustic monitoring site. > Thanks, > Debbie Leick > MPG Ranch > Florence, MT > > > > * From: * Ted Floyd <tfl...@aba.org> > * To: * NFC-L <nf...@list.cornell.edu> > * Sent: * 9/23/2017 4:51 AM > * Subject: * [nfc-l] Just for fun (night flight call, Sept. 23, > Lafayette, Colorado, USA) > > Hey, all. Anybody know what's calling at the 2.0-sec. mark? I'm pretty > sure I know, but I thought I'd put it out there as a quiz. Check out the > awesome reverb--and that's perhaps a clue. > > Also audible are the crickets *Oecanthus fultoni* and *Gryllus > pennsylvanicus*. And a certain owl... ;-) > > Location is eastern Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Recorded earlier this > Saturday morning, Sept. 23, under very light drizzle. > > Enjoy! > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA > > =================================== > > Ted Floyd > Editor, *Birding* magazine > Managing Editor, *North American Birds* > > Website: http://aba.org/birding > Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine > <https://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine> > The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/ > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME Rules and Information � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archive � http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds � http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Birding.ABA.Org � http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC Please submit your observations to eBird! ��http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
