Radnor Lake State Natural Area Nashville-Davidson, Co. TN Early last May a small group of birders at Radnor Lake were intrigued by an odd-sounding vireo. We heard the bird before seeing it. It sounded like a red-eyed vireo, but the song was slower, a bit like that of a blue-headed, but not as high pitched. However, the oddest feature to its song as it whistled its series of phrase/questions, was the addition from time to time of a few final notes that sounded like "PIT-tew-EE", with falling and then rising intonation. When we finally spotted the bird after searching for several minutes, we confirmed it was indeed a red-eyed vireo. The bird was around for a few days and then, to my knowledge, heard no more. Today I heard the same odd vireo song at Radnor along the road leading from the West Parking lot to the dam. Short of a banding identification, I cannot confirm this is the very same red-eyed vireo, but if it is not, it is a graduate of the same voice school! Kevin Bowden Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================