[bcbirdclub] Dissecting The Dawn Chorus

From: roger mayhorn <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Buchanan County Bird Club <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 23:15:27 -0400 (EDT)
I got up just at dawn this morning (Thursday) and decided to sit on the porch 
and listen to the dawn chorus of bird songs. It wasn't easy picking out the 
individual songs from among the flock , all singing at the same time. I 
recorded only the birds heard including the hum of 20 or more hummingbirds at 
our feeders. The first bird that caught my attention was a Whip-poor-will, and 
it went from there. After listening for awhile I decided to expand the area to 
include the yard and my little birding trail that runs around the property. I 
didn't record birds that were silent, like the pair of Eastern Bluebirds that 
were hunting quietly for insects in the grass. A couple of the birds were hard 
to hear until I got close, like the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and the chip of the 
Yellow-rumped Warbler. The three Baltimore Orioles that stopped by a few days 
ago were still around with one male singing constantly. A recently arrived 
Great Crested Flycatcher called throughout the morning, and the rather rough 
sound of a Scarlet Tanager's song came from the nearby woods. The songs of the 
Hooded Warblers, Indigo Buntings and American Redstarts were food for the soul 
on a sunny spring morning. A Brown Thrasher fooled me for awhile into thinking 
I was hearing part of a Wood Thrush song, but a few minutes later I did hear 
one from farther down in the woods.
Listening to birdsong was a great way to spend the first part of the morning. 
(The complete list is below)

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt

(Listed In the order the birds were heard)36 speciesWhip-poor-willYellow 
WarblerPurple MartinsAmerican RobinsBaltimore Orioles - 2 males, 
1femaleCarolina WrensNorthern CardinalsTree SwallowsBrown ThrasherTufted 
TitmiceAmerican CrowGray CatbirdRuby-throated Hummingbirds - 20 
+Yellow-throated WarblerMourning DoveWood ThrushBlue JayCarolina ChickadeeHouse 
FinchesRed-bellied WoodpeckersHooded WarblersYellow-throated 
VireoOvenbirdRed-eyed VireoIndigo BuntingsEastern TowheesYellow-rumped 
WarblerBlue-gray GnatcatcherChipping SparrowsNorthern FlickerSong 
SparrowsScarlet TanagerCommon GrackleAmerican RedstartGreat Crested 
FlycatcherWhite-breasted Nuthatch
[bcbirdclub] Dissecting The Dawn Chorus

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