This is what I got after removing background traffic noise and wind with Audacity:
I'm impressed with the variety of calls, and it was easy to isolate his call at night because all the other local birds were quiet. He's so lonely!!!!!
Last year I spotted a Mockingbird fledgling clambering around the arbor:
It's a bad photo, but I'm lucky to have gotten any at all since he was NOT impressed with my snooping. The parents were also keeping an eye on me.
I can so relate. We had a "midnight caller" that would sing to the outside light from the hours of 12 to 4 in the morning. Hope he finds a mate soon:)
ReplyDeleteI hope he does too! So sad.
DeleteI love Mockingbirds! My dad has one that visits every year during spring for a few weeks...it's always fascinating to hear the variety of calls it performs :-)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? And each bird has its own style. I also like how fierce they are.
DeleteI love to hear the Mockingbirds early in the morning. Sometimes I wait for them before I get up. It's one of those special sounds of summer.
ReplyDeleteYou know it's getting warm when you hear mockingbirds.
DeleteLove the tweets! I always want to post audio but don't know how. That's how tech savvy I am. I'm going to have to check out Audacity. We have quite a variety of birds that migrate through our neighborhood. For awhile pre-chicken, we were feeding them and we had a lot more.
ReplyDeletePosting the audio was quite the ordeal because I had to turn it into a video to make Blogger happy. Apparently, Blogger doesn't like MP3 files.
DeleteGreat recording, that mockingbird does sound lonely! The fledgling on the arbor is adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
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