Fw: [pct-l] identifying birds by song

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

that was a pretty cool ID there........the most beautiful song by bird I've 
ever heard was crossing resurrection pass in AK one summer......heck if I 
can remember the tune, but it was quite a nice composition.

 s.c.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Moorehead" <jeffmoorehead1@cox.net>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 3:47 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] identifying birds by song
>
>
>>
>> whoa! give that person a cigar if not the car...
>>
>> IDing birds by song has been a passion for me but very difficult to do. I 
>> am not sure why. I just could never fully register songs so that I was 
>> able to ID the bird if I heard it again. I'm even a fairly accomplished 
>> musician, too. To me, this is a very amazing and coveted skill. But 
>> wait....
>>
>> The digital age to the recue! I acquired an impressive computer-age 
>> device called the "Song Sleuth" made and sold by Wildlife Acoustics. It 
>> actually records a bird's song in the field (range = ~50 ft.; the range 
>> can be greatly expnded by hooking the line-in to a parabolic 
>> reflector/mic combo). Then the digital wav file is analyzed by an 
>> efficient algorithm and the device gives you the three best 
>> possibilities. Then you can play the suggested bird's sound files for 
>> further comparison and ID. Pretty amazing... because it works! I have 
>> become a much more accomplished bird song ID guy.
>> My hats off to all those analog people who can ID bird songs by sound and 
>> a further tip of the hat to those who get it by verbal description. I'm 
>> in awe!
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> #1:  Olive-sided Flycatcher
>>> #2: Golden-crowned Sparrow
>>>
>>>
>>> ...please let me know if I've won the car...:-)
>>>
>>>
>>> ---  Robert Ellinwood <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I  have had real difficulty in identifying, by song,
>>>> 2 birds that I  have
>>>> heard along the northern PCT, as well as the
>>>> northern  CDT.  I wonder if any
>>>> of you might be able to solve these mystery  bird
>>>> calls for me.  They are
>>>> hard to describe via  email.
>>>>
>>>>     1)    3 equal length  notes, with the middle one being
>>>> up a whole
>>>> step  (musically).
>>>>     2)    3 equal length notes,  descending stepwise.  Very
>>>> similar to
>>>> the first three  notes of "Three Blind Mice."
>>>>
>>>> Someone directed me to a website  with hundreds of
>>>> bird calls on it, but
>>>> groping in the dark, so  to speak, it would take me a
>>>> month to go through
>>>> them.   Any ideas on which birds these might be?  I'd
>>>> be grateful for  any
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,  Dr Bob
>>>>
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