[NatureNS] Re: Need birdsong ID

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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:22:23 -0300
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Hi Lois,
was it from a dense stand of cattails, or dense emergent veg?
Given the other species you have heard/seen there, what about a Virginia
Rail? They have kind of a low raspy "laughing" vocalisation...check them out
on Dendroica (http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/)


On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:39 PM, <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote:

> Have you considered a sharp-tailed sparrow...sort of "rusty-hinge" sound,
> though not low-pitched
> > Thanks to everyone who suggested possible birds that I might be hearing
> at
> > the Annapolis Royal Marsh.  However, I'm pretty sure that it is none of
> > those that were suggested, as I'm familiar with their songs (except for
> > the Rusty Blackbird, but when I checked out its song online, it is
> > definitely not that).
> >
> > Where the sound is coming from, among the cattails at the edge of the
> > marsh, there are sora, pied-billed grebes and red-winged blackbirds
> > nesting or tending young, but I know it's none of them.  There is also an
> > American Coot that hangs out nearby, but it is not a coot sound.  It
> > appears as though the sound is coming from among the cattails, likely in
> > or close to the water.  The last time I heard it I could distinguish 3 or
> > 4 distinct notes, same pitch, close together, but still very raspy and
> low
> > pitched.
> >
> > Lois Jenkins
>
>
>


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Hi Lois, <br>was it from a dense stand of cattails, or dense emergent veg? =
<br>Given the other species you have heard/seen there, what about a Virgini=
a Rail? They have kind of a low raspy &quot;laughing&quot; vocalisation...c=
heck them out on Dendroica (<a href=3D"http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendro=
ica/">http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/</a>)<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:39 PM,  <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca">bdigout@seaside.ns.=
ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-l=
eft: 1ex;">
Have you considered a sharp-tailed sparrow...sort of &quot;rusty-hinge&quot=
; sound,<br>
though not low-pitched<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">&gt; Thanks to everyone who suggested pos=
sible birds that I might be hearing at<br>
&gt; the Annapolis Royal Marsh. =A0However, I&#39;m pretty sure that it is =
none of<br>
&gt; those that were suggested, as I&#39;m familiar with their songs (excep=
t for<br>
&gt; the Rusty Blackbird, but when I checked out its song online, it is<br>
&gt; definitely not that).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Where the sound is coming from, among the cattails at the edge of the<=
br>
&gt; marsh, there are sora, pied-billed grebes and red-winged blackbirds<br=
>
&gt; nesting or tending young, but I know it&#39;s none of them. =A0There i=
s also an<br>
&gt; American Coot that hangs out nearby, but it is not a coot sound. =A0It=
<br>
&gt; appears as though the sound is coming from among the cattails, likely =
in<br>
&gt; or close to the water. =A0The last time I heard it I could distinguish=
 3 or<br>
&gt; 4 distinct notes, same pitch, close together, but still very raspy and=
 low<br>
&gt; pitched.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Lois Jenkins<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>James Churc=
hill<br>Centreville, Nova Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail=
.com">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>mobile: (902) 698-3402<br>home: (902=
) 681-2374<br>


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