[bcbirdclub] Re: FOS Blue-headed Vireo

  • From: Hutch <hutchinson.jeff@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Buchanan County <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:42:54 -0400

You guys can't imagine how I envy you. Tinnitus--especially, as mine is,
right in the middle of the range of bird song--makes it really tough to
bird by ear. When I literally can't HEAR the call over the everpresent
background noise, it's really hard to learn it :-(


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:48 AM, David and Susan Raines
<rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> I don't doubt that for a minute, Bob. I've got a bird here today that
> would drive Laverne as crazy as it is me! I've already heard Robins,
> Redwings, Flickers and Killdeer that aren't really there- I've got a
> Mockingbird going through his whole repertoire! Actually, it's been fun
> since I caught on to him. Now, I have to look every time I hear a song to
> find the mocker!
> DaveR/Breaks,VA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bob Riggs <bob26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* lavernehunter52@xxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* Buchanan County <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; 
> Bristol<bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 8:37 AM
> *Subject:* [bcbirdclub] Re: FOS Blue-headed Vireo
>
> Laverne is the best birder by ear I have ever birded with.  She always
> finds that special bird by using her ears.  My bird lists have been bigger
> when I bird with her and Tom.
>
> Bob(Bebirding)
>
> Robert D. Riggs
> Pataskala, OH
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Laverne Hunter <lavernehunter52@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>     I've been birding by ear before dawn, while sitting on the patio,
> since the weather has become warmer.    This morning I was rewarded with
> the song of my FOS Blue-headed Vireo.
>
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> Laverne Hunter
> Huffman Hill
> Russell County, Va.
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-- 
BB,
Hutch

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