[texbirds] Re: 30 minutes with a starling
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:18:41 -0600
At least that was the same continent.
Back in the mid '90's at the Tulsa Zoo a Northern Mockingbird would
regularly imitate a European Blackbird! The zoo had no record of that
species ever being at the zoo.
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Clay Taylor
<Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Last year I was in Cape May, NJ, and a Starling on the wires did a perfect
> "wit-weet!" of a Curve Billed Thrasher. There were two other birders
> present, and we all looked at each other in amazement. I shouted at the
> Starling "WHERE did you hear THAT?"
>
> It would not tell me.....
>
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 18, 2014, at 12:21 PM, "Heidi Trudell" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Matt and I were loitering in front of the library this morning and
> > noted that only ONE native bird was detectable during that time: a
> > Ruby-crowned Kinglet. House Sparrows, Eurasian Collared Doves, Rock
> > Pigeons (high count for the year: four), and Eurasian Starlings all
> > put on a good show. Chickens were heard only.
> >
> > We're still debating whether or not the Curve-billed Thrasher and
> > Common Nighthawk calls came from another starling, but here's what one
> > starling had to say (not in any particular order):
> > Killdeer - most frequent non-starling vocalization
> > Scaled Quail
> > Ladder-backed Woodpecker (?) tapping
> > wren spp.
> > Northern Mockingbird scold call
> > ...yesterday it was making curlew vocalizations.
> >
> > There are a few other snippets that it is mumbling to itself that
> > sound promising, but I guess we'll have to wait for it to belt them
> > out at an audible level.
> >
> > Happy trails,
> > -h
> >
> > Heidi Trudell
> > Marathon, TX
> >
> >
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