Eukaryotes

There are three different songs here sung by a Western Meadowlark. The first repeats three times, the second song repeats 4 times, and the third song is repeated three times. This was recorded on Marble Hot Springs Road at the 2nd 90 degree turn as the Meadowlark sang from the telephone wire above. In the background you will hear cows moo and a few other birds call as well, but the Western Meadowlark is clearly the focal subject of the recording. This was recorded with a Fostex FR-2 and Sennheiser shotgun microphone, ME66. The photo attached is a spectrogram of Western Meadowlark made in Raven Pro. (taxonomy:binomial="Sturnella neglecta")

Let’s face it—when you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with a four-foot stalk that smells like a cross between rotting stinky cheese and animal feces? This week’s podcast takes us to a sacred island off the coast of Madagascar, where an intrepid botanist braved fever and worse to bring a specimen of this unlikely botanical superstar back alive. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports. Image Credit: Amorphophallus Sp., Greg Wahlert read moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:44 +0000

calling while bathing in a small stream bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

At the edge of a small lake in reeds. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

One member of a mixed-species flock foraging near the ground. Habitat: primary evergreen forest. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no Recording (not its ID) has been discussed. See the forum.

a couple of calls from a perched bird, then nothing until after 1:00, when it called on taking off; bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

calls from the same bird as in XC267764, in response to playback. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

Volume increase applied using Audacity. bird-seen:no playback-used:no

Calls from a couple of birds in the rain. Recording filtered for clarity. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

Response to playback from a pair (same as in XC277036) in bamboo and second growth woodland edge. The louder "tchip" call is possibly Coeligena violifer, but this was not confirmed. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes

Rock Eagle Owl perched on balcony of a old abandoned house in middle of the grassland while calling. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

perch-height:8-10m; habitat:Caatinga; recorder:Sony; microphone:Sennheiser ME-066; volume setting:automático; weather:Ensolarado;

various calls from feeding flock bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

several birds calling back and forth bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

bird-seen:no playback-used:no