RE: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

2017-05-02 Thread Shaibal Mitra 
>From my perspective, as a confirmed believer in direct observation, I don't 
>see the value in this kind of haphazard, ex post facto deliberation. If one is 
>using an automated process to detect birds, one is sacrificing direct 
>observation and all of the contextual data surrounding the actual events, as 
>well as all of the potentially accessible data pertaining to one's own 
>as-of-now biases in perception and knowledge. How is that fun? If you are 
>willing to let the software decide what is worth recording, then let the 
>software decide what it is, too. How could that be less satisfying than asking 
>other people what it is and then believing it, haphazardly and ex post facto?

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore, NY

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Ah, that makes sense. Is there no way to extend what the detector pulls?

The original call on this thread sounds a lot like a goldfinch to me.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Jay,

If we are using software to detect calls, then those recordings are in 
milliseconds. For example, my White-throated Sparrow call is just 0.34 ms, but 
occasionally it is longer. So at least I can't post  anything that is four 
second long. I too have the same problem of trying to listen. But I depend on 
the spectrogram to tell me what it is.  At least I don't record the whole night 
everything sound. I use Bill Evans' Tseep and Thrush detectors.  But now a days 
I am getting used these short bursts to some extent.

I am attaching a sample.


Cheers

Meena


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Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

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 
mailto: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

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Re: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

2017-05-02 Thread Jay McGowan 
Ah, that makes sense. Is there no way to extend what the detector pulls?

The original call on this thread sounds a lot like a goldfinch to me.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal 
wrote:

> Jay,
>
> If we are using software to detect calls, then those recordings are in
> milliseconds. For example, my White-throated Sparrow call is just 0.34 ms,
> but occasionally it is longer. So at least I can't post  anything that is
> four second long. I too have the same problem of trying to listen. But I
> depend on the spectrogram to tell me what it is.  At least I don't record
> the whole night everything sound. I use Bill Evans' Tseep and Thrush
> detectors.  But now a days I am getting used these short bursts to some
> extent.
>
> I am attaching a sample.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Meena
>
>
> Meena Haribal
> Ithaca NY 14850
> 42.429007,-76.47111
> http://www.haribal.org/
> http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
> Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts
> Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/
> dragonflies/samplebook.pdf
>
>
>
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> bounce-2314458-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Jay McGowan <
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 2, 2017 8:46:16 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls
>
> 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 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much for responding. Here is another example. I think
>> lesser yellowlegs could be an option. Thoughts?
>>
>> From,
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Re: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

2017-05-02 Thread Jay McGowan 
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  wrote:

> Thank you very much for responding. Here is another example. I think
> lesser yellowlegs could be an option. Thoughts?
>
> From,
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Re: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

2017-05-02 Thread Benjamin Van Doren 
Perhaps Snow Bunting?

> On May 2, 2017, at 2:10 PM, John Kearney  wrote:
> 
> Hi Preston,
> Very interesting flight call. It reminds me of a type 2 Red Crossbill. It’s 
> sounds a bit soft for this species but distance from mic might cause that. It 
> is also unusual to get just one or two notes. Were there any others? I see 
> from eBird there are some recent records from MA, RI, and NJ.
> John Kearney
> Carleton, NS
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> Subject: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls
>  
> 5/1/17 -- 10:03 PM
>  
>  
> Last night, I recorded some interesting calls - the first one sounding 
> similar to northern cardinal. Do these calls originate from two separate 
> species of birds, or are they one? And which species? Thank you.
>  
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RE: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

2017-05-02 Thread John Kearney 
Hi Preston,

Very interesting flight call. It reminds me of a type 2 Red Crossbill. It’s 
sounds a bit soft for this species but distance from mic might cause that. It 
is also unusual to get just one or two notes. Were there any others? I see from 
eBird there are some recent records from MA, RI, and NJ.

John Kearney

Carleton, NS

 

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Subject: [nfc-l] Mystery Calls

 

5/1/17 -- 10:03 PM

 

 

Last night, I recorded some interesting calls - the first one sounding similar 
to northern cardinal. Do these calls originate from two separate species of 
birds, or are they one? And which species? Thank you.

 

 

Preston Lust, Westport CT

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