Jay's suggestion is a good one, when possible given how folks are making recordings. One note to Ken and others: I almost always listen to NFCs at quarter speed, with a filter on so that I only hear the frequency range of the call (and not the low frequency stuff that would blast my ears at quarter speed). I can hear the calls a full speed, but I can't differentiate them very well full speed. Slowing them down makes the distinctions clearer. Laura
On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 8:21 AM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: Thank you Jay. I cannot hear most of the clips posted here. This is apparently a "thing" where some people can hear the bird sounds in these short clips and others cannot. I just hear a burst of static. Please put enough ambient sound on BOTH sides of the bird sound for our ears to hear the sound in its proper context. Thanks Ken Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2017, at 8:46 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: Hey all,I've posted this before, but I would implore folks posting example recordings to this list to leave a few seconds of sound before and after the call in question so you can actually hear it. With only a second-long recording, all I hear is a burst of sound with no time for my ear to acclimate to the background noise. The same goes for audio upload to eBird. We suggest leaving three seconds, if possible, before the first and after the last vocalization in the recording before upload. Thanks! Jay On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Preston Lust <prestonl...@yahoo.com> wrote: Thank you very much for responding. Here is another example. I think lesser yellowlegs could be an option. Thoughts? From, Preston Lust -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu --NFC-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirding.ABA.OrgPlease submit your observations toeBird!-- --NFC-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirding.ABA.OrgPlease submit your observations to 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/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds � http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Birding.ABA.Org � http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC Please submit your observations to eBird! ��http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --