FreeLists / tn-bird / [tn-bird] More film of "Bewick's Wren"

[FINCH64@xxxxxxx]

So far I am only calling it a possible Bewick's Wren. I got footage of the 
bird on 6/30. I met up with some other NTOS members at Percy Priest last 
Friday and showed them the film. They said there wasn't enough to ID it 
positively especially because the film doesn't show the tail.

Yesterday morning I went out and got more film of what I feel to be the same 
bird. Actually it looks like there are 2 of them - possibly a pair? And in 
the same spot - on, around and even in a brush pile on the back of our 
property.

In one shot I can see what appears to be white spots on the edge of the tail. 
Looks like 3 white dots. Also this time the bird is actually making some 
noise and in fact I capture more sound than vision on this second film. I'm 
going out again this morning to see if I can get even more of it on film. You 
also definitely see a very white underneath. You can see the back clearly as 
well.

The only thing is so far it is not singing anything like what is on the 
Stokes CD to Bird Songs. What it is doing is singing quite a varied song. It 
was flitting from branch to branch and singing as it was doing this. Kept 
changing the song it was singing - almost mockingbird-style.

I will be bringing my results to the NTOS meeting at Radnor Lake on 7/18 and 
also to the field trip to Percy Priest Lake on 7/20. Anyone is welcome to 
come view whatever I have on either of those occasions.

I will be talking to someone who is involved with the Bewick's Wren project 
later today and also ask him to view the film(s) and give his opinion as to 
what the bird is.

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN
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