Calling woodpeckers vs. noisy chainsaw in late winter forest

The last patches of snow melting in the late winter sun. The resident bird species already usher the upcoming breeding season with their songs. This soundscape is in general still calm, but the mating season of woodpeckers is in full swing. Drumming and calling of Great Spotted, Middle Spotted and Black Woodpecker can be heard throughout the forest. Suddenly, two woodcutter with chainsaws acoustically interrupt the idyllic atmosphere.

The sounds of birds, mammals, amphibians, insects or anything that is human-related are annotated in the spectrogram below and include:

Black Woodpecker – Schwarzspecht – Dryocopus martius

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Buntspecht – Dendrocopos major

Middle Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocoptes medius

Blue Tit -Blaumeise – Cyanistes caeruleus

Great Tit – Kohlmeise – Parus major

Mistle Thrush – Misteldrossel – Turdus viscivorus

Common Crane – Kranich – Grus grus

European Greenfinch – Grünfink – Chloris chloris

Eurasian Nuthatch – Kleiber – Sitta europaea

Eurasian Jay – Eichelhäher – Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Bullfinch – Gimpel – Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Eurasian Siskin – Erlenzeisig – Spinus spinus

Eurasian Skylark – Feldlerche – Alauda arvensis