Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:26:07 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Birdsong sound effect in theater MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT There is no shame in Hollywood. Remember Gilligan's Island was a TV show. It could have been filmed anywhere. How often have you heard a loon in the jungle scene of a movie? George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Mackiernan" To: Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Birdsong sound effect in theater > The Bare-eyed Thrush is a bird of the Lesser Antilles and the South American > mainland, I assume Gilligan and company could well have been > shipwrecked within its range but it wouldn't be right for the South > Pacific. > > That having been said, on (at least) islands of French Polynesia there > aren't a lot of native passerines and many of these are now quite > rare. The > relative low initial diversity was mostly a factor of distance from > colonizing populations and there have also been a lot of extinctions > and near-extinctions over time due to introduction of things like rats > and pigs, > cutting of forest, etc. > > Probably the most appropriate bird song for "South Pacific" would be > that of > the Common Mynah, which seems to be everywhere on these islands! > > Gail Mackiernan > Colesville, MD > > on 12/20/2002 8:21 AM, Chris Starling at > Christopher.Starling@MED.VA.GOV > wrote: > > > I was in St. Lucia when I first heard the Bare-eyed Thrush (Robin). > > I immediantly recognized the voice form the old Gilligan's Island > > shows. Is > > that bird native to the south Pacific? > > > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================