Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:02:48 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Loud birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Love those Carolina Wrens, but they sure can be LOUD. (I know, I know, = this is the wrong forum to expect sympathy for trying to sleep past dawn = this time of year!) Has anyone ever measured the decibels of their song? Know any = interesting data on the volume levels of other North American birds (for = vocal sounds, that is)? We once measured our parrot's squawk at over 90 = db; surely a Blue Jay in high dudgeon comes close. Hawk screams are = undoubtedly even louder. At the other end of the scale, are vultures perhaps the quietest birds? Janet Millenson Potomac, MD janet@twocrows.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================