Subject: Our camera bird
Date: Mar 20 18:37:19 2003
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com
I'm assuming the recording was made from a video camera....
Video cameras do not (usually) capture the full spectrum of
a bird sound. They only pick up the lower registers. I think
this is done to reduce wind hiss on the microphone. In this
case (according to my sound analysis software) everything above
4kHz apparently got cut off. The end of the song also appears
to be abruptly truncated.
However, I think I can say with some confidence that this is
part of a WINTER WREN song.
"Patricia A. Quyle" wrote:
>
> My bro-in-law sent me the attached sound of a bird he's hearing every
> morning in his yard. He can't locate the bird(s), but the sounds are coming
> from under bushes near the driveway. Not much to go on, but anyone want to
> take a guess at what this might be? You'll help me look like a real genius
> with my bro-in-law!
>
> Pat Quyle
> paq at rushmore.com
> Rapid City, SD
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: CameraBird.wav
> CameraBird.wav Type: WAVE audio file (audio/wav)
> Encoding: base64
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com
A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.
-Neltje Blanchan
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html