ML236699541
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
This mewing sound was a lot louder than it sounds on this recording. I ampified the recording to try and make the volume sound more like it really was, but it didn't quite get there. This seemed to be one unhappy California Gnatcatcher. I've not heard their mewing sound like this before. Usually it's much quieter and not as growly sounding. At first I was wondering if it was a Gray Catbird, but habitat was all wrong, and that is a rarity here A friend suggested I may have gotten too close to a nest (I was on a trail, not off of it). She may have been right. Eventually 2 California Gnatcatchers came out from a bush near me, clarifying the ID. One went one direction and one went in the opposite direction.
Observation details
When I first heard the mewing from one of these birds I thought it sounded more like a Gray Catbird than what I am used to from a California Gnacatcher. Much louder and what I would call more growly. Came home and listened to various recordings and decided it was a Gnatcatcher. I did eventually see a few. I have never heard the other sound I recorded before. Thinking maybe I got too close to a nest. I have never seen an active nest on the hill, but I've seen parents feeding fledged juveniles, so I know they nest there.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Samsung Galaxy S9+ w/ Hi-Res Audio Recorder app
- Microphone
- Samsung GalaxyS9+ built-in mic
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 4.51 MB