Corvoidea

Blue Jay. 21 April 2011.

We humans learn some of our earliest life lessons from our brothers and sisters, watching what toys our siblings play with and what treats they stash away for later. In this Halloween season podcast, Ari Daniel Shapiro journeys to Austria to learn how such social learning happens in a spooky bird—the raven. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Download a transcript of this podcast read moreDuration: 5:26Published: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:52:05 +0000

Only 75% sure of ID. Not seen. Similar songs throughout 10-min point count. bird-seen:no playback-used:no

Calling loudly along the Waterfall Trail, one of quite a wide variety of vocalisations given by this species bird-seen:no playback-used:no

Same bird as in XC454467. Source: Lisa Rae McMaster, Portland Oregon, with permission. Recording obtained from video (https://youtu.be/Fm5WwH07NfM), with online audio converter (https://online-audio-converter.com/). Audio normalized to maximum amplitude -3.0 dB with Audacity. Observer notes: "‘My’ scrubby has been coming around for the last 7 or so years (only one to feed from my hand) and I swear this is the first time he/she has ‘sung’ to me. It’s been happening for the last few weeks...." "It’s so weird because I have been feeding this bird almost daily for years and have never noticed these sounds..." " I actually just found an old video on my phone dated 2010...so I’ve had a relationship with this bird for 9 years..." bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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A small flock of Cape Batises calling from the tree canopy overlooking a small stream in autumn. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

Responded to pishing. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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calls from a flock, in flight at the end; bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

several birds calling back and forth bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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Call from unseen bird (probably the same as in XC317131) from understory of exotic forest in gully. bird-seen:no playback-used:no

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Three birds here, scolding and then one singing as they interacted in a tall tree, seems not uncommon but forest dependent. The island is being badly damaged by logging bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

Among a flock of crows before roosting. The background is likely a combination of carrion crow (Corvus corone) and rook (Corvus frugilegus). Rather strong traffic noise (not suppressed). bird-seen:no playback-used:no

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Two fledgelings from Shun' and Rei's little troop, aged 10-12 weeks, begging and moaning softly whilst foraging on the ground. Background noise: humans chatting nearby Distance: <2m Equipment: Tascam DR-100mkIII + Sennheiser ME66/K6 + Rycote Super Softie Edits: -6dB high-pass filter at 400Hz bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

Birds had been calling for about 20 minutes around sunrise spaced a few minutes apart bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

Red-tailed Hawk Imitation bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

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Group of eight birds moving from tree to tree feeding. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no