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BIRD CALLS and SONGS: American Bittern/Black-crowned Night-Heron nocturnal call comparison
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK. Friday, April 4. American Bittern/Black-crowned Night-Heron nocturnal call comparison. A couple of nights ago I recorded this sequence of an American Bittern and Black-crowned Night-Heron calling together as they flew over my house (2.04am, early Apr, PA). Bittern on left, night-heron on right. These calls from the Macaulay Library were at a breeding colony and are not typical nocturnal flight calls.
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS: Finch calls II : alarm and contact calls
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK. Friday, March 20. Finch calls II : alarm and contact calls. American Goldfinch interaction calls at a feeder are similar to flight calls (Jan, PA). Quiet calls at a feeder also appear to be the same as the flight call (Jan, PA). Bay-bee", the alarm call (Aug, PA). Female courtship call (Aug, NJ). Waaee (compare with the similar call of the Pine Siskin below). Female calling, male singing (Apr, NJ).
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS: Grebes and Loons
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK. Wednesday, October 20. Pied-billed Grebe alarm/contact call. These calls sound very similar to those of some rails such as Sora and the gallinules (Feb, FL). Pairs duet as they swim towards each other (Feb, FL). Quiet calls between Red-necked Grebes (Mar, NJ). Distant bird in flight (Mar, NJ). Common Loon, quiet calls between an adult and two juveniles (Sep, ME). Posted by Paul Driver. Swallow and Swift...
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS: Nocturnal migrants August 2014
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK. Friday, August 22. Nocturnal migrants August 2014. The following were recorded over my home in Elkins Park, PA during August. All identifications are presumptive. Least Bittern (3.24am, early Aug). Upland Sandpiper (3.26am, mid-Aug). Black-billed Cuckoo (4.32am, early Aug). Chestnut-sided Warbler, a relatively low fine buzz (12.13am, mid-Aug). Mourning Warbler is the lower call. Posted by Paul Driver.
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS: Shorebird calls III : Woodcock and Snipe
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BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK. Sunday, May 17. Shorebird calls III : Woodcock and Snipe. American Woodcock peent at dusk and dawn from the ground before rising into the air to perform their flight display. Although they are heard more often in February through early spring, the calls can be heard even in December if the weather is mild. Dawn, Feb, NJ). 731pm, Mar, PA). 550am, Feb, NJ). Continuous mechanical twittering during ascent.
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Polyphony « Earbirding.com
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Recording, identifying, and interpreting bird sounds. How to Read Spectrograms. By Nathan Pieplow, 4 November 2009, 9:41 pm. They switch from one side of the syrinx to the other in the middle of each note of their song, so quickly and smoothly that the transition can’t be detected even with spectrographic analysis. When birds do vocalize simultaneously with both sides of their syrinx, odd sounds (and very odd spectrographic images) can result. The use of two voices is called polyphony. When you look at t...
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Musicality « Earbirding.com
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Recording, identifying, and interpreting bird sounds. How to Read Spectrograms. By Nathan Pieplow, 19 June 2009, 10:21 pm. Now that we’ve learned what pitch and inflection are, it’s time to see how they influence the tone quality of whistled sounds. The first aspect of tone quality we will be dealing with is musicality. Which can be loosely defined as. The extent to which a sound’s pitch can be determined by human ears. The first factor determining musicality is sharpness of inflection. First, compare th...
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The Curious Birder: ABSCAM Movie Filming-Downtown Worcester, April 2013-Bradley Cooper
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ABSCAM Movie Filming-Downtown Worcester, April 2013-Bradley Cooper. Yes I know this is not bird related but wanted to share with all you local folks as well as those at work and the best place for me to store my photos is my blog. I would have posted these yesterday but with the horrible, senseless, tragedy yesterday at the Boston Marathon I just didn't have the heart. My thoughts and prayers go to all those impacted and hope they find the b*stard(s). Front view of it. This is Wo...
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The Curious Birder: Do you Bird Blind???
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Do you Bird Blind? Source: http:/ www.michigannature.com/kwikcamo.html. For product and pricing information. I have heard a lot about bird blinds lately from fellow bloggers who use them. Based upon the fabulous pictures they both take, I am guessing they are a great way to photograph birds who may otherwise be skittish of your presence. Birding in Maine. If you want to see this great photography for yourself. Yes this is definitely something I could do once the snow is melted....
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The Curious Birder: South Beach-Chatham, MA
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Thursday, August 20, 2009. South Beach-Chatham, MA. Pictures taken today from the Forbush Bird Club trip to South Beach in Chatham that I attended with Alan. As you can see from the picture above the weather was perfect with not a cloud in the sky and temperatures at least 5 degrees lower than they were in Central Massachusetts which was an added bonus. Well enough with the small talk, now onto the good stuff for all of you "landlocked" birders. ;o). Another picture I took in the beginning of the trip...
