[wisb] Re: Question: Least Bittern vocalizations
- From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tiger150@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:37:38 -0500
Alyssa, if you have access to the Stokes CDs of North American bird calls,
there is a call series toward the end of the Least Bittern portion that
sounds very similar to the vocalizations you described, with distinct pauses
between the "cow" calls. I have heard calls like this myself, especially at
White River Marsh in Green Lake Co.
I will see if I can email you the mp3 version of this species (which is
combined with American Bittern), so you can try to compare it to what you
heard.
Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.
-----Original Message-----
From: tiger150@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:04 PM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] Question: Least Bittern vocalizations
On June 19 near the Paul Olson Wildlife Area of Wood County, I heard what I
can't imagine being anything other than a Least Bittern. And while the
species itself is not a rarity, I was unable to find anything online that
matched the vocalization I heard. I couldn't use my tape recorder because of
wind and traffic, but I could hear the bird clearly: a low-pitched "cow,
cow, cow, cow," with each note descending and at an even tempo. There was
about a half second lag between each note, making it slower than the typical
call of a Least Bittern. The sound came from the middle of a sedge marsh,
which would eliminate Black-billed Cuckoo. Has anyone else heard Least
Bitterns make this kind of call, or is there some other species I'm
completely missing?
Gotta love when birds make you scratch your head...
Alyssa DeRubeis
Stevens Point, Portage Co.
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