But the intruder is not deterred. It's Bill Hoese of Cal State Fullerton. Bill has placed a speaker in the thicket below and broadcast a territorial intrusion call. When you study bird song for a living, sometimes you have to fool the birds.
Alli, an 11th grader at El Camino Real High School, holds a parabolic microphone pointed at the action. "The bird sounded like it was right here chirping at my shoulder!" Listen for yourself!
Photograph by Doug Meyer, audio recording by Bill Hoese
POSTED BY EMILY LANDIS/BIOBLITZ TEAM, 8:35 PM PDT
