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>There is a very nice mockingbird here, recorded in Big bend NP.
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>Martyn
Nice mockingbird! He sounds very different from the ones we have
here. I don't recognize any imitations. In that audio clip I also
hear a Spotted Towhee, House Finch singing, Raven, and at 1:54 some
sort of owl (what kind?)
Here's a sampling of a San Pedro (California) mockingbird. I chose
this clip because I was very close to the bird, and since he was out
in the open and only a bit above eye level, I recorded video and
audio together. (For now, I've only posted the audio.)
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/
2007_03_09 08_13_30 PST - San Pedro - Mockingbird singing.mp3
2007_03_09 08_13_30 PST - San Pedro - Mockingbird singing.txt
This is just a tiny sampling of what the local mockingbirds do...
they do some amazingly accurate imitations (which the clip I posted
doesn't show off), but I haven't organized my library of recordings
well enough to compile the best examples yet. Also, I haven't gotten
perfect recordings of the most talented mockingbirds yet. I do think
they are improving as the spring progresses. For example, there's one
mockingbird who regularly sings atop a certain utility pole, and it
seems to me that his Caspian Tern imitation got much better now that
we have 100+ of the actual birds in the area. Maybe they refreshed his memo=
ry!
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