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Pygmy-Owl Confusion
On 12 January 2009, my friend Andrew Spencer recorded an unseen creature on Chews Ridge in Monterey County, California: Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA, 1/12/2009. Recording by Andrew Spencer To my...
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Pygmy-Owl vs. Chipmunk
In addition to the comments on my recent pygmy-owl post, I got five private emails, all of which also implicated Merriam’s Chipmunk as the likely source of the pygmy-owl-like sound. I emailed Doug Von...
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Another Chipmunk Mystery
This past week I was in Michigan, where I had an opportunity to get out and do some recording on a couple of mornings. My earlier posts (1 2) on chipmunk “chuck” calls had stimulated my curiosity in...
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Don Roberson of Creagrus fame sent me an interesting and provocative email in response to the old pygmy-owl vs. chipmunk thread (1 2). With his permission, I’m reproducing it here for discussion: A...
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