[va-richmond-general] Re: Misc. +ear birding

Might the second one be an Ovenbird?

Caroline

On Sun, 29 May 2005 12:49:14 -0400 <pbedell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The first one sounds like a Black-capped Chickadee.  The second I have
> trouble from your description.  Are the notes repeated fast or slow,
> on the same pitch, same volume?
> 
> Paul Bedell
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> > Have spent the last ten or so days in the mountaons of Nelson 
> County
> where, at some 3500 feet or so, it has been fairly chilly.  
> Apparently
> it has been so cool here that the trees are WAY behind . Some, at
> ridge tops, are still budding, although the last two days have
> improved things.
> > 
> > I am not seeing a lot of warblers, although I watched an Americann
> Redstart building a nest.  Also enjoyed watching a Robin repeatedly
> bombarding a squirrel who she though was invading her nesting tree.
> She made at least four passes at him and then chased him briefly
> across the forest floor (reall mocker behavior)!
> > 
> > We have hermit thrush. wood thrush, and my ever-favorite veerys. 
> But not being a very good ear-birder, I need some help.  I have some
> good bird call cds and two unknown birds and don't know how to begin
> to see what they might be.  One simply sings two notes in what I 
> think
> is a middle range.  The notes are one note apart, the second lower
> than the first.  The second makes a single low and somewhat hollow
> note repeated about 7 to 9 times.  This is a ground bird or one low 
> in
> the bushes.
> > 
> > Can anyone aim me at some possibilities?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 
> > ANN
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