I have been operating a nocturnal flight call station from my house in Hancock for several years, recording nocturnal migrants each spring and fall as they pass over, sight unseen. If a sparrow flies over my house and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is yes, if the […]
Continue Reading →Forensic Birding and Mockingbird Mimicry
A first rate vocalist is in residence at Hancock’s First Congregational Church. He is most often to be found early mornings (not just Sundays) perched atop the steeple, from where his melody can be heard the length and breadth of Main Street. The fellow’s name is Mimus polyglottus, better known to you and me as […]
Continue Reading →Great Horned Owl: Sound of Spring
The link below is to a recording of a Great Horned Owl that I made from my front porch a couple of weeks ago in Hancock, NH. Sorry about the link – I can’t upload soundfiles to this particular blog – yet! http://soundcloud.com/eric-masterson/great-horned-owl
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