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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3--107849670 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Lois, If all eight "grrk"s fit inside a second or two, then the pattern, low and steady pitch, and throaty quality all fit Least Bittern. Though it fits lots of other marsh sounds, too. A recording, even a rough one, would do the trick. I'm amazed at the sound quality people can now get with their cameras, cell phones, and other handheld things. Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On 16-Jun-10, at 11:13 AM, L Jenkins wrote: > I heard the sounds again this morning, in the same general > vicinity. I happened to be walking past the spot when it made its > sounds (a thick, narrow strip of trees and bushes separates the path > from the high reeds at the edge of the marsh at this point, so > impossible to get a sighting). > > Phonetically, this is what it sounded like: "grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk- > grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk", all at the same pitch, very low-pitched, > fairly loud, and more throaty rather than a clear sound. > > Does this help with its identification?? > > Lois Jenkins > Annapolis Royal > http://annapolismarshwalker.blogspot.com --Apple-Mail-3--107849670 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Lois,<div><br></div><div>If = all eight "grrk"s fit inside a second or two, then the pattern, low and = steady pitch, and throaty quality all fit Least = Bittern.</div><div><br></div><div>Though it fits lots of other marsh = sounds, too. A recording, even a rough one, would do the trick. I'm = amazed at the sound quality people can now get with their cameras, cell = phones, and other handheld = things.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 16-Jun-10, = at 11:13 AM, L Jenkins wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div>I heard the sounds again this morning, in the = same general vicinity. I happened to be walking past the spot when = it made its sounds (a thick, narrow strip of trees and bushes separates = the path from the high reeds at the edge of the marsh at this point, so = impossible to get a = sighting). </div><div> </div><div>Phonetically, this is what = it sounded like: "grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk-grrk", all at the = same pitch, very low-pitched, fairly loud, and more throaty rather than = a clear sound.</div><div> </div><div>Does this help with its = identification?? </div><div> </div><div>Lois = Jenkins</div><div>Annapolis Royal</div><div><a = href=3D"http://annapolismarshwalker.blogspot.com">http://annapolismarshwal= ker.blogspot.com</a></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail-3--107849670--
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