landbirds

Every morning when he walks the dog, retired professor of natural history Peter Slater can identify as many as thirty birds by their song alone. On a walk in a Scottish town with Ari Daniel Shapiro, Slater explains what two common songsters, the chaffinch and winter wren, are singing about, and how even city dwellers can learn to “bird by ear” in their own neighborhoods, with rewarding results. Download a transcript of the podcast Chaffinch, Photo Credit: Blake Matheson read moreDuration: 5:21Published: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:30:18 +0000

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

Call from a pair. 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

Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD 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

FNJV 29780 - Casa da Floresta playback-used:no

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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

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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;

A bird calling from a campground with others in the background. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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

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First 8 s natural, rest after playback. In mixed-species flock. Within 1 m of the ground on trunks in tall, primary, terra firme forest. Presumably a male, but did appear very small. Reference: LXXXVIIB 419, -427, 438-459 (Decsti1). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9). Filtered version on Moore et al. (2013) (http://johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com/pubs/ECUAD/main.htm). bird-seen:yes

A male singing from top of 3m bush.

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