Blogger refuses to accept the player widget code from eSnips so I wasn't able to embed it in this post but the link should take you straight to the player on their site.
The sound is stored here: BIRD SONG.
Addendum:
My grateful thanks to Joe of Joe's Wildlife Garden (who found me a very similar sound file) and Frank of The Early Birder who both came up with it being a Chaffinch. It seems to be a variation of the Chaffinch 'rain song'. I had filmed a Chaffinch making its rain song in my post Bird Behaviour back in June but by comparison that one sounds as though it had laryngitis.A few days ago I spotted this web under the bird bath part illuminated by the Sun.
I have listened to the birdsong and I do not know either.
ReplyDeleteInteresting bird call John. Very regular.
ReplyDeleteAm always amazed at the.......amazingness of cobwebs!
Thank you for trying Lynmiranda.
ReplyDeleteIt is Pam. I heard it on many mornings but the bird stayed hidden every time.
ReplyDeleteI love to see the patterns in cobwebs.
I love the cobweb, they really are amazing constructions, not quite so keen when they appear in the house though ;)
ReplyDeleteI have trawled through every bird sound I can find, excluding water birds, to no avail. The silly thing is though I am sure I have heard it many times myself. My only suggestion is that perhaps it could be part of the good old Starling's large repertoire!
Thanks for trying Jan. I suppose Starling is a possibility though, round here anyway, it is rare for them to be heard singly and to stick to one sound for very long.
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ReplyDeleteWell done for recording the bird song. We quite often hear that song around here. I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure its a less common call of the Chaffinch.
I managed to find a website that had a sound clip of this. Link is below:
http://www.northamptonshirewildlife.co.uk/sound/chaff2a.wav
I could well be wrong, but hopefully this helps a bit. :)
John. My memory bank believes this may be the sub-call by a Chaffinch. Not heard it that often but it definitely foxed me until I finally tracked down a male making a very similar sound in March 2008.
ReplyDeleteHi Joe. Thanks for that. It is so close it should be the correct identification. It seems to be a purer, slower version of the Chaffinch 'rain call' I filmed a while ago. I just didn't connect the two.
ReplyDeleteHi Frank. Thanks for that. I have some video of a Chaffinch making a vaguely similar sound though mine sounds as though it has laryngitis. It seems to be a variation of the Chaffinch 'rain song'. I didn't connect the two as being variations on a theme.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention in this posting :)
ReplyDeleteSeems the bird has been identified.
ReplyDeleteJust one of the great things about blogs; the helpful bloggers.
Lovely shot of the web John.
My pleasure Joe. Thanks for helping.
ReplyDeleteYes Keith. There is always someone out there in the wide wicked world willing to help.
ReplyDeleteYour photo of the sunlit spider web is beautiful. Lovely composition with the contrast of the heavy textured trunk and the glistening gossamer web, which appears wing-like.
ReplyDeleteHi Glo. Every now and then, when the lighting is right, I think spiders' webs give great opportunities for photography.
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