Hi Geoff and Ken, I'll echo Ken's thanks for posting. Unknown1 is interesting -- the Baltimore Oriole recordings I've heard (from the Flight Call Guide) are all rising, somewhat explosively. Your recording, on the other hand, is meekly descending. I wonder if Rose-breasted Grosbeak might be a better option?
Best, Benjamin On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:25 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > Just my thoughts on your unknown…. > > Unknown1 definitely sounds like and oriole, but I couldn’t say that a > Baltimore wouldn’t sound like that. Your unknown 2 sounds good for American > Bittern to me. > > thanks for posting your lists and unknowns as a way to get more of us out > there listening > > KEN > > > Kenneth V. Rosenberg > Conservation Science Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > Office: 607-254-2412 > cell: 607-342-4594 > k...@cornell.edu > > On May 5, 2016, at 10:27 PM, Geoff Malosh <pomar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Lots of recent activity here in western Pennsylvania, including a few > calls that I wouldn’t mind second opinions on. > > > First is the attached call labeled “Unknown1” which sounds to my ear quite > like the “yeehr” of an Orchard Oriole, but this species (according to the > Evans and O’Brien CD) is not known to call on nocturnal migration. Is there > something else this call could be? I will say this isn’t the only time I’ve > heard this type of call over my yard but this is by far the best recording > I’ve gotten of a call of this type. (May 2 at 12:31am) > > Second (Unknown2) is another low-frequency call like the possible Least > Bittern I posted last week. This one sounds like a Black-crowned > Night-Heron to me … any other ideas? (May 2 at 1:43am) > > Lastly is the call I listed as Cedar Waxwing on this eBird checklist: > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29290856. This would be the > first nocturnal Cedar Waxwing call I’ve had here, and was wondering if this > really is definitive or if there are any other possibilities for this call. > It seems pretty spot on for waxwing and apparently they are known to call > at night occasionally, but I always like to be cautious with “presumed” > birds like these. > > > > Of general interest, the biggest night of the year here so far was May > 1-2, which was interrupted by a thunderstorm that came along around 3:45am. > Here is the post-midnight checklist with several clips: > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29412937. Both of the > attached Unknowns were made on this same night, by the way. > > On May 3 I was surprised to hear a Greater Yellowlegs song on the > recordings: see http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29429788. > > > As always if there are any errors in any of these checklists please let me > know. > > > > Good listening! > > Geoff Malosh > Pittsburgh, PA > > www.flickr.com/photos/geoffmalosh/ > > -- > *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/>!* > -- > <Unknown1_20160502_002044+001029.wav><Unknown2_20160502_012045+002347.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/ --
