Re: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania
Hi, all, I also noticed the bend at the beginning as Paul did, and considered VESP. Looking at a few sources, though, it seems that VESP tends to show more fine modulation after that initial bend. The call also has a secondary bend that falls in line with that of WCSP. This structural detail, paired with measurements and location would make WCSP my best guess. I think I've recorded a similarly structured call before, which I ID'd as a WCSP: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/37000681#_ga=2.24609016.332648672.1508037146-1992354132.1467939179 Not sure how to rule out an aberrant CHSP call from Geoff's recording, but possibly worth considering, though it would be on the short end. Best, Gates Dupont On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 9:19 PM, wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > Another species to consider is Vesper Sparrow. Your call has the hockey > stick start to the spectrogram that is typical for Vesper and separates it > from White-crowned. > > At 74ms it is long for a Clay-colored. > > Paul Driver > > > -Original Message- > From: Geoff Malosh > To: NFC-L > Sent: Sat, Oct 14, 2017 4:50 pm > Subject: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania > > -- *Cornell University* *College of Agriculture and Life Sciences* *Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology* *Undergraduate Researcher at the Lab of Ornithology* -- 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/ --
Re: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania
Hi Geoff, Another species to consider is Vesper Sparrow. Your call has the hockey stick start to the spectrogram that is typical for Vesper and separates it from White-crowned. At 74ms it is long for a Clay-colored. Paul Driver -Original Message- From: Geoff Malosh To: NFC-L Sent: Sat, Oct 14, 2017 4:50 pm Subject: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania Hi all, I recorded the attached clip in the early morning hours 11 October here in southwestern Pennsylvania. It looks and sounds like a pretty good candidate for Clay-colored Sparrow, which would be quite rare here and also represent a first for my location. Are there any other more likely possibilities I might be missing? It was a warm night so unfortunately there is a lot of cricket noise, but the higher frequencies are fairly clean and can be isolated, at least. Thanks very much, hope everyone is having good listening this fall. Geoff Geoff Malosh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania www.flickr.com/photos/geoffmalosh/ -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds Birding.ABA.Org Please 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/ --
Re: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania
I too wondered about White-crowned Sparrow--prone to the occasional aberrant flight call, e.g.: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70518311 (a bird of known identity). That said, it looks and sounds like a Clay-colored Sparrow to me! Best, --Ted === Ted Floyd Editor, *Birding* magazine Managing Editor, *North American Birds* Website: http://aba.org/birding Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine <https://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine> The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/ On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, John Kearney <john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > From my perspective, I wouldn’t rule out White-crowned Sparrow for this > call. It begins to rise quite quickly, it’s a bit long in length and low in > frequency for Clay-colored Sparrow. > > John > > > > Carleton, NS > > > > *From:* bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Geoff Malosh > *Sent:* October-14-17 17:50 > *To:* nf...@cornell.edu > *Subject:* [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania > > > > Hi all, > > > > I recorded the attached clip in the early morning hours 11 October here in > southwestern Pennsylvania. It looks and sounds like a pretty good candidate > for Clay-colored Sparrow, which would be quite rare here and also represent > a first for my location. Are there any other more likely possibilities I > might be missing? > > > > It was a warm night so unfortunately there is a lot of cricket noise, but > the higher frequencies are fairly clean and can be isolated, at least. > > > > Thanks very much, hope everyone is having good listening this fall. > > > > Geoff > > > > Geoff Malosh > > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > > 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> > > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --
Re: [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania
I too wondered about White-crowned Sparrow--prone to the occasional aberrant flight call, e.g.: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70518311 (a bird of known identity). That said, it looks and sounds like a Clay-colored Sparrow to me! Best, --Ted === Ted Floyd Editor, *Birding* magazine Managing Editor, *North American Birds* Website: http://aba.org/birding Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine <https://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine> The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/ On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, John Kearney wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > From my perspective, I wouldn’t rule out White-crowned Sparrow for this > call. It begins to rise quite quickly, it’s a bit long in length and low in > frequency for Clay-colored Sparrow. > > John > > > > Carleton, NS > > > > *From:* bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Geoff Malosh > *Sent:* October-14-17 17:50 > *To:* nf...@cornell.edu > *Subject:* [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania > > > > Hi all, > > > > I recorded the attached clip in the early morning hours 11 October here in > southwestern Pennsylvania. It looks and sounds like a pretty good candidate > for Clay-colored Sparrow, which would be quite rare here and also represent > a first for my location. Are there any other more likely possibilities I > might be missing? > > > > It was a warm night so unfortunately there is a lot of cricket noise, but > the higher frequencies are fairly clean and can be isolated, at least. > > > > Thanks very much, hope everyone is having good listening this fall. > > > > Geoff > > > > Geoff Malosh > > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > > 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> > > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --
