Re: [nfc-l] Just for fun (night flight call, Sept. 23, Lafayette, Colorado, USA)

[Ted Floyd]

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Debbie Leick  wrote:

> Hi Ted,
> That is a nice recording! I have no idea what the call is. Grebe-ish
> popped into my head.
>

You got it!

Or, at least, I think you do.

Am pretty sure it's a Western Grebe. I've heard this call from Western
Grebes in flight, and, perhaps more to the point, I was recording at a lake
with a couple Western Grebes.

Hey, folks, while I have your attention, I thought I'd bring your attention
to an aberrant White-crowned Sparrow flight call:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70518311

It's okay--really, it is!--for birds to give flight calls that deviate
somewhat to hugely from normal. I'm as big a fan as anybody of the idea
that many birds can be ID'd by their flight calls; but I'm also
increasingly struck by how many flight calls aren't quite right.

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA


> I've attached a file with a call that sounds and looks similar to yours.
> Do you think they are the same?
> We recorded it the night of Sept 26 in southern Ravalli County, MT at a
> remote acoustic monitoring site.
> Thanks,
> Debbie Leick
> MPG Ranch
> Florence, MT
>
>
>
> * From: * Ted Floyd 
> * To: * NFC-L 
> * Sent: * 9/23/2017 4:51 AM
> * Subject: * [nfc-l] Just for fun (night flight call, Sept. 23,
> Lafayette, Colorado, USA)
>
> Hey, all. Anybody know what's calling at the 2.0-sec. mark? I'm pretty
> sure I know, but I thought I'd put it out there as a quiz. Check out the
> awesome reverb--and that's perhaps a clue.
>
> Also audible are the crickets *Oecanthus fultoni* and *Gryllus
> pennsylvanicus*. And a certain owl... ;-)
>
> Location is eastern Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Recorded earlier this
> Saturday morning, Sept. 23, under very light drizzle.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Ted Floyd
> Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
>
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Re: [nfc-l] Just for fun (night flight call, Sept. 23, Lafayette, Colorado, USA)

[Debbie Leick]

Hi Ted,
That is a nice recording! I have no idea what the call is. Grebe-ish popped 
into my head.
I've attached a file with a call that sounds and looks similar to yours. Do you 
think they are the same? 
We recorded it the night of Sept 26 in southern Ravalli County, MT at a remote 
acoustic monitoring site. 
Thanks,
Debbie Leick
MPG Ranch
Florence, MT




 From:   Ted Floyd  
 To:   NFC-L  
 Sent:   9/23/2017 4:51 AM 
 Subject:   [nfc-l] Just for fun (night flight call, Sept. 23, Lafayette, 
Colorado, USA) 








Hey, all. Anybody know what's calling at the 2.0-sec. mark? I'm pretty sure I 
know, but I thought I'd put it out there as a quiz. Check out the awesome 
reverb--and that's perhaps a clue.





Also audible are the crickets Oecanthus fultoni and Gryllus pennsylvanicus. And 
a certain owl... ;-)


Location is eastern Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Recorded earlier this 
Saturday morning, Sept. 23, under very light drizzle.


Enjoy!


Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA







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