[birdky] Re: RPT/RFI--odd Eastern Towhee song?
- From: "geraldrobe" <geraldrobe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:26:01 -0400
Thanks to all who responded to this post--these little surprises from birds we
think we know so well keep it interesting!
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From: geraldrobe
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:11 AM
Subject: [birdky] RPT/RFI--odd Eastern Towhee song?
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 none 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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