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"Bird Songs ... and a few other things"
Recordings:
currently 53 species including: ...
  • American Bittern ...
  • American Crow ...
  • American Robin ...
  • Bald Eagle ...
  • Barn Swallow ...
  • Bee Swarm ... with Bewick's Wren ...
  • Bewick's Wren ...
  • Black-capped Chickadee ...
  • Black Phoebe ...
  • Black-headed Grosbeak ...
  • Bushtit ...
  • Cackling Geese ...
  • Canada Goose ...
  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee ...
  • Clark's Nutcracker ...
  • Common Raven ...
  • Common Yellowthroat ...
  • Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) ...
  • Downy Woodpecker ...
  • Fox Sparrow ...
  • Frogs ... with Sandhill Cranes ...
  • Golden Eagle ...
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow ...
  • Great Horned Owl ...
  • Lazuli Bunting ...
  • Marsh Wren ...
  • Northern Flicker ...
  • Northern Pintail ...
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher ...
  • Osprey ...
  • Pileated Woodpecker ...
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch ...
  • Red-tailed Hawk ...
  • Red-winged Blackbird ...
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...
  • Sandhill Cranes ...
  • Savannah Sparrow ...
  • Song Sparrow ...
  • Spotted Towhee ...
  • Steller's Jay ...
  • Swainson's Thrush ...
  • Tundra Swan ...
  • Virginia Rail ...
  • Western Meadowlark ...
  • Western Scrub-jay ...
  • Western Wood-Pewee ...
  • White-crowned Sparrow ...
  • Willow Flycatcher ...
  • Wilson's Snipe ...
  • Wrentit ...
  • Yellow Warbler ...
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird ...
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler ...

     Among my favorites ...

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  American Bittern, Osprey, and Red-winged Blackbird ... (calls)
Simultaneous American Bittern "gulps" with Osprey "chirps", ending with the call of a Red-winged Blackbird.
Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington, May 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 10 seconds, 288K, nice recording

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American Crow ... (caws)
Vancouver, Washington, July 13, 2011
mp3 format (2), 14 seconds, 425K

American Crow ... (caws)
Vancouver, Washington, July 13, 2011
mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 294K


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American Robin and Bewick's Wren ... (trill, song)
Vancouver, Washington, February 11, 2012
mp3 format (1), 379K, traffic in background


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Bald Eagles ... (chattering at each other)
Bybee Lake, Portland, Oregon, November 30, 2011
mp3 format (2), 14 seconds, 352K, slough water in background, plus I-5 close by.

Bald Eagle ... (cry)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Eagle was at top of tree surveying area.
mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 98K.

Bald Eagle ... (cry)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Cackling Geese in the background.
mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 290K.


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Barn Swallow ... (begging babies and adult chirps)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 7 seconds, 196K, wind noise

 
Bee swarm ... (Bewick's Wren in background)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 3, 2011
mp3 format (2), 6 seconds, 153K, faint

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Bewick's Wren ... (call)
Vancouver, Washington, July 17, 2011
two calls, mp3 format (2), 8 seconds, 213K

Bewick's Wren ... (call)
Vancouver, Washington, July 9, 2011
two calls, mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 227K

Bewick's Wren ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Carty Unit, Washington, June 21, 2011
one call, mp3 format (2), 6 seconds, 166K

Bewick's Wren ... (buzz "A")
Vancouver, Washington, February 12, 2012
mp3 format (1), 320K, traffic in background

Bewick's Wren ... (buzz "B")
Vancouver, Washington, February 11, 2012
mp3 format (1), 204K, traffic in background


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Black-capped Chickadee ... ("fee-bee")
Vancouver, Washington, July 16, 2011
mp3 format (2), 8 seconds, 230K, rain in background

Black-capped Chickadee ... ("dee-dee-dee")
Vancouver, Washington, January 31, 2012
mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 100K

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Black Phoebe ... (mother's chirps at nest)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 10, 2011
mp3 format (2), 13 seconds, 317K, faint

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Black-headed Grosbeak ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 3, 2011
mp3 format (2), 20 seconds, 525K, Bower Slough in background

Black-headed Grosbeak ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, May 16, 2011
mp3 format (2), 27 seconds, 665K, Lake River in background

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Bushtit ... (chirp, trill)
Vancouver, Washington, February 1, 2012
mp3 format (2), 4 seconds, 138K

Bushtits with Bewick's Wren ... (chatter and song)
Vancouver, Washington, February 12, 2012
mp3 format (1), 830K, traffic hum in background


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  Cackling Geese ... (overhead)
Tualatin River NWR, Oregon, February 20, 2011
mp3 format (2), 6 seconds, 170K, nice recording

Cackling Geese ... (overhead)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, March 4, 2011
mp3 format (2), 7 seconds, 198K

Cackling Geese ... (sitting in water)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, March 4, 2011
mp3 format (2), 6 seconds, 195K


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Canada Geese ... (babies swimming on Rest Lake)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 3, 2011
mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 298K, faint

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Chestnut-backed Chickadee ... (on suet block)
Vancouver, Washington, June 1, 2011
mp3 format (2), 2 seconds, 63K

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Clark's Nutcracker
Mount Hood, Oregon, September 20, 2011
mp3 format (2), 7 seconds, 180K

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Common Raven ... (caws)
Ridgefield NWR, River "S", Washington, June 3, 2011
mp3 format (2), 14 seconds, 356K, Bower Slough in background

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Common Yellowthroat ... ("whishy whishy")
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 3, 2011
2 calls, mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 340K

Common Yellowthroat "whishy whishy" follows a Song Sparrow song ... (songs)
Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington, May 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 9 seconds, 217K

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Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) ... (chatter)
Vancouver, Washington, February 12, 2012
mp3 format (1), 218K, traffic hum in background

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) with Bewick's Wren ... (chatter and song)
Vancouver, Washington, February 12, 2012
mp3 format (1), 987K, LOUD traffic in background

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  Downy Woodpecker ... (drum)
Ridgefield NWR, Carty Unit, Washington, June 21, 2011
mp3 format (2), 32 seconds, 761K, nice recording

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Fox Sparrow ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, March 14, 2011
mp3 format (2), 35 seconds, 890K, Bower Slough in background

Fox Sparrow ... (song and chirps)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, March 14, 2011
mp3 format (2), 19 seconds, 500K, Bower Slough in background, train noise

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  Frogs ... (Sandhill Cranes faint in background)
Sauvie Island, Oregon, March 11, 2011
mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 293K, nice recording

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Golden Eagle ... (screech)
Scappoose Bottoms, Oregon, January 13, 2012
one screech, mp3 format (2), 4 seconds, 114K, electronic noise at beginning and three camera shutter clicks at end

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Golden-crowned Sparrow ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, November 1, 2011
mp3 format (6), 5 seconds, 132K, heavy "electronic" noise in recording

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Great Horned Owls ... (hoots)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Two Great Horned Owls hooting at each other.
mp3 format (2), 7 seconds, 204K.

Great Horned Owls ... (hoots)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Two Great Horned Owls hooting at each other, showing time spacing inbetween hoots.
mp3 format (2), 40 seconds, 950K.


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Lazuli Bunting ... (song)
Sandy River Delta, Oregon, June 12, 2011
mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 91K, dog panting in background

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Marsh Wren ... (chatter)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 6, 2011
mp3 format (2), 25 seconds, 612K

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Northern Flicker ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, October 18, 2011
three calls, mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 300K, with train whistle

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Northern Pintail ... (chatter)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Group of about 15 males circling on lake and "chattering"
mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 285K

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Olive-sided Flycatcher ... ("quick-three-beers")
Silver Lake, Washington, May 30, 2011, from area around Visitor's Center.
one call, mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 100K, faint

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  Osprey, with American Bittern and Red-winged Blackbird ... (calls)
Simultaneous American Bittern "gulps" with Osprey "chirps", ending with the call of a Red-winged Blackbird.
Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington, May 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 10 seconds, 288K, nice recording

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Pileated Woodpecker ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Kiwa Trail, Washington, June 3, 2011
calls while flying, mp3 format (2), 7 seconds, 203K, nice recording, some wind noise

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Red-breasted Nuthatch ... (call, in background, with Bewick's Wren)
Vancouver, Washington, July 17, 2011
mp3 format (2), 8 seconds, 208K

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Red-Tailed Hawks ... (screeches, adult and youngster)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, August 14, 2011
mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 313K

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Red-winged Blackbird ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 17, 2011
one call, mp3 format (2), 4 seconds, 117K

Red-winged Blackbird ... (call and chirp)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, November 15, 2011
one call and one chirp, mp3 format (2), 13 seconds, 333K, with train whistle

Red-winged Blackbird ... (calls)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
two calls, mp3 format (2), 13 seconds, 311K

  Red-winged Blackbird, with American Bittern and Osprey ... (calls)
Simultaneous American Bittern "gulps" with Osprey "chirps", ending with the call of a Red-winged Blackbird.
Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington, May 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 10 seconds, 288K, nice recording

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, October 18, 2011
one call, mp3 format (2), 4 seconds, 140K

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  Sandhill Cranes ... (overhead)
Vancouver Lake, Vancouver, Washington, March 3, 2011
mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 102K, nice recording

Sandhill Cranes ... (overhead)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, September 29, 2011
mp3 format (2), 6 seconds, 402K

Sandhill Crane ... (calling)
Conboy Lake NWR, Washington, June 5, 2010
wma format (5), 10 seconds, 100K, single crane in a field


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Savannah Sparrow ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 17, 2011
mp3 format (2), 16 seconds, 402K

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Song Sparrow ... (song)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, May 19, 2011
wma format (1), 15 seconds, 345K, Bower Slough in background

Song Sparrow followed by Common Yellowthroat ... (songs)
Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington, May 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 9 seconds, 217K

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Spotted Towhee ... (call)
Powell Butte, Oregon, April 20, 2011
two calls, mp3 format (2), 9 seconds, 425K, I-205 background noise

Spotted Towhee ... (call)
Vancouver, Washington, June 1, 2011
one call, mp3 format (2), 3 seconds, 95K, neighbors in background

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Steller's Jay ... (calls)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, May 16, 2011
mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 306K

Steller's Jay ... (scold, call)
Vancouver, Washington, February 1, 2012
mp3 format (2), 13 seconds, 342K

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Swainson's Thrush ... (song)
Vancouver, Washington, July 13, 2009
wma format (4), 3 seconds, 100K

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Tundra Swans ... (on Rest Lake)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, December 18, 2011
mp3 format (2), 8 seconds, 219K

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  Virginia Rail ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, March 4, 2011
mp3 format (2), 4 seconds, 134K, nice recording

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Western Meadowlark ... (song)
Mosier, Oregon, May 4, 2011
mp3 format (2), 16 seconds, 409K, wind noise, footsteps

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Western Scrub-jay ... (call)
Vancouver, Washington, February 1, 2012
Scrub-jay in the foreground with answering Steller's Jay in the background.
mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 316K


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Western Wood-Pewee ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, August 14, 2011
three calls, mp3 format (2), 12 seconds, 347K

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White-crowned Sparrow ... (call/song)
County Line Park, Washington, April 22, 2011
mp3 format (2), 15 seconds, 391K, Columbia River flowing noise, wind noise, footsteps

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Willow Flycatcher ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, June 10, 2011
three calls, mp3 format (2), 16 seconds, 420K, faint, Lake River in background

Willow Flycatcher ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 9 seconds, 255K

Willow Flycatcher ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 5 seconds, 159K


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Wilson's Snipe ... (call)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 5 seconds, 151K

  Wilson's Snipe ... (while flying)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 2 seconds, 90K, faint

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Wrentit ... (song/call)
Sauvie Island, Oregon, March 11, 2011
mp3 format (2), 10 seconds, 266K, too much wind noise, airplane overhead

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Yellow Warbler ... (song)
Silver Lake, Washington, May 30, 2011
wma format (1), 6 seconds, 150K, includes human-created sounds

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Yellow-headed Blackbird ... (baby begging for food)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, July 8, 2011
mp3 format (2), 5 seconds, 153K

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Yellow-rumped Warbler ... (ticks)
Ridgefield NWR, Washington, January 30, 2012
Warbler was hawking bugs across Bower Slough.
mp3 format (2), 11 seconds, 306K, some "inside car knocks" and some wind noise.




NOTES:
  • mp3 format (1) --- Sony IC Recorder ICD-SX712
  • mp3 format (2) --- Sony IC Recorder ICD-PX820
  • wma format (3) --- Sony IC Recorder ICD-PX820, edited and saved with Windows Movie Maker, v.5.1
  • wma format (4) --- Canon Powershot S5IS camera, in movie mode, edited and saved with Windows Movie Maker, v.5.1
  • wma format (5) --- Sony DSC-W200 point-and-shoot camera, in movie mode, edited and saved with Windows Movie Maker, v.5.1
  • mp3 format (6) --- Sony DSC-W370 camera "movie" taken in ".mov" format, re-recorded into ".mp3" format with Sony IC Recorder ICD-PX820 held near speaker resulting in lots of "electronic noise".


 



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