kHz
ML153266881
Contributor
Petra Clayton Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Turri Road
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
"This is a somewhat unusual Spotted Towhee song. There is a vibrato trill at the end of the song. Overlapping the towhee is a Wilson’s Warbler (“tchip tchip tchip tchip!”)." - Jessica Griffiths
Observation details
SONGS "Spotted Towhees have a fairly simple song, a drier faster take on the Eastern Towhee’s drink-your-tea song that often omits the middle section. It lasts about 1.5 seconds. The song starts with one or two (up to eight) short introductory notes and then a fast trill that can sound like a taut rubber band being plucked, or a piece of paper stuck into a fan. Some Spotted Towhee songs have just the trill phrase only." --- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Towhee/sounds
Technical information
- Recorder
- Canon PowerShot SX 70 - Sound track extracted from video clip
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 1.36 MB