[birdky] RPT/RFI--odd Eastern Towhee song?
- From: "geraldrobe" <geraldrobe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:11:20 -0400
Today at Cave Run Lake, I encountered an Eastern Towhee that was singing a song
unlike any I had ever heard from this species before. At first I thought it was
a White-eyed Vireo singing, but it didn't sound exactly right; I was very
surprised when I found the singer and realized what it was.
I checked all my field guides and reference books, and none of them seem to
describe this call. All list the famous "drink-your-teeeeeee" call, and a few
reference other calls that I've heard before, but non have anything close to
what this bird was doing.
I captured a video of 3 repetitions of this call and posted it on my MySpace
page. The link below should open that video.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=56635964
Has anyone else ever heard this song from an Eastern Towhee?
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