Hi all,
Andrew brings up an interesting question about midsummer nocturnal flight
calls. As he suggests, I think there are a variety of different behaviors going
on here. In the case of cuckoos, their midsummer nocturnal flight calls usually
seem to be associated with good breeding
Upon listening to it again, I could go with LeConte's as well, though it seems
to have a fairly short delivery for a LeConte's to my ear. I also didn't
really hear the double-banding initially. Maybe Ted's other suggestion should
be explored.
Jay
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>From: Ted Floyd
Hi, all.
Assuming it's a "flight call" (I'm thinking functional), it sounds and
"looks" (spectrographically) good for Le Conte's Sparrow. The flight
call is thin, slightly descending, very high pitched, and double banded.
That's all a good match to Le Conte's Sparrow's flight call.
But just to
