Hi Chris, Thanks for the feedback. Never recorded an NFC of one before--very cool. This was recorded at 9:18 PM, just over an hour after sunset (8:04 PM), with the Song Meter 2 setup by Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. (with the NFC plate mic). The whole thing was on a sandbar in a saltmarsh, and I built a wooden contraption that slides onto a rebar to hold both the SM2 and mic (can't have anything resting on the ground in case there is a very high tide). Has worked very well.
Benjamin On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes < c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I, personally, see no hesitation with assigning the ID as that of > Red-headed Woodpecker. Nice clean recording, too. What time of night was > this? What is your microphone and recorder setup? > > Thanks, Ben! > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 18:25, "Benjamin Van Doren" <bmvando...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > The attached recording is from 12 May 2012. My first thought is that it > sounds pretty good for Red-headed Woodpecker, although not exactly right > for what I'm used to (diurnally). In the Flight Call Guide (Evans & > O'Brien), however, the presumed RHWO nocturnal recordings do show a good > amount of variation, so perhaps this does best fit that species. Red-headed > Woodpeckers are very uncommon in my area but do occasionally occur as > migrants and sometimes winter residents. In the recording there seems to be > a soft cluck-like sound right before the call, too soft for me to really > make out but American Robin-like. I don't really see the main vocalization > being a robin, though, unless it is a very weird one... > > The microphone was located along the coast in a saltmarsh, but not too > far from woods (and people). > > Thoughts welcome! > > Benjamin Van Doren > White Plains, NY > > > -- > *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> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > > <MM.20120512.211836.06.sel000285_LONG.wav> > > -- > *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> > 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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
