Richard, I had trouble playing this AIF file too. There was a fraction of a second of cricket noise with a very faint two-note call, followed by about 4 seconds of silence. I can play WAV and MP3 files better than AIF.
Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Guthrie To: 'Tom Johnson' ; 'Andrew Albright' Cc: nfc-l@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:31 PM Subject: RE: [nfc-l] Call ID help. 2hrs before dawn sounds like American Goldfinch or Black Rail ?!? Was I missing something? I could barely hear any call at all, nevermind being able to identify it ! Sorry for my tine ear folks. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County New York gael...@capital.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: bounce-4296486-10071...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-4296486-10071...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:18 PM To: Andrew Albright Cc: nfc-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Call ID help. 2hrs before dawn sounds like American Goldfinch or Black Rail ?!? Andrew, It sounds like a normal Greater Yellowlegs to me (and a great deal more probable than a flight calling Black Rail in DE). They frequently call on nocturnal migration with similar calls to those given in the daytime. Tom On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Andrew Albright <andrew.albri...@gmail.com> 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 -- -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- 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 --
