[obol] Re: Yamhill puzzle bird
- From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:30:25 -0700
Mike,
You didn't name your bird, but it sounds like a junco. The cadence is much
slower than our mystery bird, taking 14 seconds for a triplet.
Our bird did its triplet in 2 seconds and sounded more burry.
"Brzrzrzrzrzrzr, Brzrzrzrzrzrzr, Brzrzrzrzrzrzr" It sang several times per
minute. I did get a glimpse of it, and it was sparrow size and sandy brown
below. The puzzle is that it was high in a tree and in Oregon in late June.
Cornell (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Clay-colored_Sparrow/id) does
note that eastern Clay-colored Sparrows may be found "in Christmas tree
farms."
Herlyn and Contreras in Handbook of Oregon Birds (p. 243) give spring dates
as mid-May to mid-June, and show no entries for Yamhill county. However, we
do know of 3 sightings in Yamhill county, all near Dayton:
8-9 Mar 1996
12 Sept 1997
2 Dec 2000
Paul
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Subject: Re: Yamhill puzzle bird
Date: Sun Jun 29 2014 23:02 pm
From: celata AT pacifier.com
Did it sound like this?
http://home.pacifier.com/~neaw...
<http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/orju20140626_test16.wav>
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
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Subject: Yamhill puzzle bird
Date: Sun Jun 29 2014 22:51 pm
From: paultsullivan AT onlinenw.com
We were up Rock Creek Rd, north of Sheridan today, 0.25 mile past the end of
the paved road at a gate on the east side of the road. We heard a sparrow
singing from large D. fir trees at the edge of a Christmas tree farm. It
sang repeated, buzzy triplets: "Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz." It sounded
like a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but it was high in the tree. I tried playing a
tape, but it did not come down to where we could really see it. The song
did not match any song I've heard from a Chipping Sparrow.
Hmmmm?
Paul Sulllivan & Carol Karlen
McMinnville
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