Chris, Thanks. That seems to be it. It's neat to hear them here, since I know they are around, but they are all but invisible -- I've only seen them once.
Laura On 10/3/2011 2:49 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > This example sounds pretty good to be a series of alarm calls from a > Flying Squirrel. We periodically hear Flying Squirrels at night at our > place in Etna, NY, especially in the fall, and sometimes while walking > through the State Forest at night. I've had most success in getting > responses from them when I'm doing my imitation of a Barred Owl, > obviously in alarm to me. > > There's a link to a single Southern Flying Squirrel alarm call here: > http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Audio/index.html. Although, when I've > heard them, they typically come in a series of calls, similar to what > you posted. > > I just found another link to a variety of calls here: > http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Jerboa_Sounds_music.aspx with the first > link most closely resembling your example. Here's a link of some kind > of call for Northern Flying Squirrel, though, I'm not sure which type > of call this is or if we can compare the Southern and Northern > examples here as apples to apples: > http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/wss&CISOPTR=2489 > <http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/wss&CISOPTR=2489> > > So, that all being said, I'm fairly certain that your animal is a > Flying Squirrel, I just don't know how easily we can separate Northern > from Southern, acoustically. > > Thanks for sharing! > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > -- > > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes > > TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer > > Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology > > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 > > W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 > > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp > > *From:*[email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Laura > C. Gooch > *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 2:17 PM > *To:* NFC-L > *Subject:* [nfc-l] ID help > > Folks, > > I got an odd call that I can't identify on October 2, about 1:30 AM. > Location is Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in a suburban setting. The call > was repeated four times over 5 or 10 minutes. My first reaction was > that it resembles a young hawk call (Red-shouldered or Red-tailed), > although it seems kind-of squeaky for that. A friend's first reaction > was similar, although he also suggested young owl, which would make > better sense at 1:30 in the morning. The links below are to > spectrogram images (two of them) on Flickr and the call itself on > xeno-canto. > > Thanks for any help. > > Laura Gooch > > http://www.xeno-canto.org/discussion.php?snd_nr=1950 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/19474221@N08/6207965791/in/set-72157627809969592/lightbox/ > > -- > > *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/[email protected]/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > > *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/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
