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What bird?
Started June 27th, 2008 · 11 replies · Latest reply by juskiddink 16 years, 4 months ago
While recording nightingale song in Finland recently this bird passed twice directly above me,although I could see it in the twighlight I could not recognize it or it's rather eerie call.Can you help me with identification?A local told me it's an owl,but I would much appreciate verification of breed and type.
http://freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=56165
Bram
maybe you should tell us at which exact point in time the sound can be heard. I'm sure one of our local bird-geeks will tell you immediately what it was.
- bram
Yes,of course.The bird in question passes at 38 to 51 seconds into the recording and returns at 2min.10 secs.to 2min.27secs.It was flying very slowly.I am standing in a small clearing in dense forest.
It might also help to add that (despite the twighlight) I could see that it was of a medium to large size and that it's wings seemed very small in proportion to it's body,almost zeppelin-like.In the way it passed twice directly overhead it was surely focused on my presence there.
I Hope this resume helps!
I just would like to add here that I'm glad to have found this excellent site,thank-you and keep up the good work!
J
The bird is a Woodcock
This is one of two quite different sounds it makes
Listen to "Call 2" on this page http://www.bto.org/survey/complete/woodcock.htm
Mike
Thanks for solving this question Acclivity! And also for the link.....in listening to the woodcock's two different calls I am amazed at the frequency-range!!! Perhaps it is the birds' large frame that allows this?
Thanks for your time on this.
J
the bird you recorded, which You mean is a nightingale, isn't a nightingale: It's a song thrush!
You can listen to the following recordings at freesound to hear the difference:
nightingale:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=14909 or
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38518
song thrush:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=32480
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=33407
Reinhard
Bram
I see the bird geeks have arrived as predicted- bram
.....eek-eek........eek-eek.......eek-eek.....
ops: ops: ops: Reinsamba:
Indeed! Good you point out my mistake.This shews me for the complete novice that I am .I was assuming they were simply another sort of nightingale and I'll be more careful in future.
How ironic!!!! for it was hearing the nightingale's beautiful song (locally)that inspired me to buy an H4 in the first place and to try and capture the wondrous sound I hear so often here.
Lastly Reinsamba,how wonderful your recording is!http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17185 awesome,and a real joy.
Perhaps you might care to listen to a recording I made(my first) http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=54532 (a longer take is on the way) for it seems that they sing slower on Bornholm than around Cologne!?
Regards and thanks-J
Longer take now in!
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=56301
-J
Well, after having listened to Your recordings , I'm understanding Your error:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=56301
and
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=54532
are very goooooooooooooooooood! recordings of a thrush nightingale ( lat. Luscinia luscinia), also called russian or polish nightingale, an eastern and northern Europe species.
It's song indeed reminds a bit of the song thrushes' song because of it's repetitive character.
My nightingale recordings show the song of the other closely related species, the common nightingale [lat. Luscinia megarhynchos], which lives in western and southern Europe.
Again: Your recordings are excellent!!!!!
