I had Black-throated Gray singing outside my bedroom window, in February.
It was a daily occurence, but l didn't try to see the bird until the
following spring when the daily concert resumed. It was a Junco.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020, 6:10 PM Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 7, 2020, at 4:11 PM, Paul Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
McMinnville
Last spring I heard a "bzzzz, bzzzzz, bzzzzz" in Rotary Park in
and pegged it as a Clay-colored Sparrow until someone put me on to thea
possibility that it was a junco. The next day I tracked it down and saw
D-e Junco sit on top of a D. fir and give the regulation junco song, then
switch to the "bzzzzz, bzzzz..."
I heard it again this morning.
Paul Sullivan
Juncos are more versatile in their calls and songs then I once thought. I
once heard what to my ear sounded exactly like a Blue-winged Warbler. I
played Blue-winged Warbler tapes and got exact responses. A Eugene birder
at the time, Ted Kenefick drove up to Mt. Tabor in Portland to look for
it. When we played the warbler tapes, a junco came in.
Jeff Gilligan
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