{"id":162,"date":"2010-04-06T17:23:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T17:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/singwarte_wordpress\/?p=162"},"modified":"2017-12-09T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:29:44","slug":"springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Springtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2010<\/strong>
\nIt\u00b4s springtime! Since I read the book The Sound Approach to birding
\n\u2013 a guide to understanding birdsounds<\/strong> early spring became the most
\nexciting season of the year.
\nStudying the development of bird songs (and calls?) is my favorite field
\nwork right now.<\/p>\n

One of the first arrivals in the new year is the Song Trush Turdus philomelos<\/em>.
\nGenerally it\u00b4s crystallised song<\/em> seems to be simple structured, but it\u00b4s
\nplastic <\/em>song<\/em> is much more coherent, with less gaps between the verses and
\ncontains many imitations.<\/p>\n

100323, Song Trush Turdus philomelos<\/em>, plastic song, Papitzer Lachen, Germany<\/p>\n

With the first Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla<\/em> my waiting for spring comes to an
\nend. Their fluting songs<\/strong> sounds through the hole park next to my house and
\nI even can hear them from my bed.
\nIn the following recording you can hear the more quiet plastic song<\/em> is less
\ndynamic (break-outs) and more cherent verses in comparison to the crystallised<\/em>
\nsong<\/em>. Usually these striking break-outs make the difference to other sylvia warblers
\n<\/strong>which occur in Germany.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/10_blackcap.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

100402, Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla<\/em>, plastic song, Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

Sometimes a Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros<\/em> sings at my windowsill.
\nThis song is definitely my all time favourite.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/10_black-redstart.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

100404, Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros<\/em>, song, Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

Right next to my house in a garden, Long-Tailed Tits Aegithalus caudatus
\n<\/em>breed every year. Unfortunately either they start to breed too early in the year
\nand the eggs get destroyed by the returning frost<\/strong> in April or predators devour
\nthe clutch.<\/p>\n

In this recording you can hear two Eurasian Jays Garrulus glandarius<\/em> who
\ntry to reach the eggs in hidden nest. This brave pair tries to defend it.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/10_long-tailed-tit_jay.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

100404, Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus<\/em> vs. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius,
\nLeipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

With springtime the annual trouble with idiots in nature begins anew too.
\n30km away from my hometown Leipzig, there\u00b4s a amazing sandpit<\/strong> with quite
\na lot rare animal species, plants and micro-habitats.
\nThis wonderful area is attractive for motocross-bikers<\/strong> too. The Common Snipe
\nGallinago gallinago<\/em> in the following recording got flushed by one of these
\nstupid quad-bikers…<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/10_reed-bunting.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

100404, Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus<\/em>, call, Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

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\nCommon Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus<\/em>, Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

photo credit:<\/strong>
\nCommon Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus<\/em> \u00a9 Marcus Held | After Nature
\n<\/a>Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus<\/em> \u00a9 Marcus Held | After Nature<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 2010 It\u00b4s springtime! Since I read the book The Sound Approach to birding \u2013 a guide to understanding birdsounds early spring became the most exciting season of the year. Studying the development of bird songs (and calls?) is my favorite field work right now. One of the first arrivals in the new year is… Continue reading Springtime<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,72,73,75,24],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-local-field-trip","tag-local-patch","tag-nature-reserve","tag-song-learning","tag-spring","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1979,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/1979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.singwarte.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}