Andy Martin
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:23:30 -0700
Andrew,I agree w/ Tom Johnson. However, with distant recordings not sure how you would rule out possible Lesser Yellowlegs. I have a similar call (on which I leaned towards a Greater) posted at:
http://www.nightmigrants.com/main/page_species_calls_greater_yellowlegs.html
Mine is also not a great recording. Xeno-canto (http://xeno-canto.org/index.php)is a good place to go to listen to flight calls from both species and if you open a call up in Quicktime, you should be able to "right click" with your mouse and "save as source" so you can save the sound file to your computer and make your own spectrograms. Hope this helps.
Andy Martin Gaithersburg, MD apmart...@comcast.net Andrew Albright wrote:
Recorded Sunday am at 4:30am about 3-4 miles from Delaware Seashore. 2 miles from definite Clapper Rail habitat, Black Rail possible but very very rare in southern Delaware. I have a very basic setup (no amplification) with a parabola pointed straight up in the air. It really sounds exactly like a cross between an American Goldfinch and a Black Rail to me, which is obviously an awfully odd combination. I listened to all the shorebirds and yellowlegs also seems remotely possible. I have no idea if any of those species mentioned give nocturnal night calls. Any help would be appreciated and apologies, it isn't really a great recording. Sincerely, Andrew Albright -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html --
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