[texbirds] Re: RFI Hooded Warbler song
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Sean Paul Kelley <spkelley@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:58:16 -0500
Sean...Not to put you on the spot, but if you had a singing Hooded at Lost
Maples, you almost 100% had a La. Waterthrush as neither Hoodeds or
Swainson's breed anywhere close to you...Indeed as far as I know the Lost
Pines of bastrop Co. is the western most known breeding area in North
America...They require a pine component. Just Say. Swainson's do breed in
a few places to the south, IE Aransas NWR in very localized places.
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Sean Paul Kelley <spkelley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All of my encounters with Hooded Warblers have been execrable experiences.
> I chased one through the Ozarks two summers ago. Hideous little wretch,
> male signing so loud and clear it was amazing any other bird could be heard
> in the forest.
>
> Before that there was one singing his heart out one spring at Lost Maples
> State Park. I looked for him for a full hour up in a big oak tree--the only
> tree around and still could not see him.
>
> But I heard him.
>
> And then finally, I saw my first this spring during the big fallout at
> Goose Island State Park, except it was a lady Hooded. Still, a lady counts.
>
> Damned birds.
>
> Still love 'em.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I would be grateful if Darrel V. (or others ) could comment on these
>> 3...He
>> likely has more skin into these as western range edge breeders. I had
>> virtually no encounters this season with them as I was away.
>> Brush
>>
>>
>> > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sean: I am sure you heard something but not sure exactly what. I can
>> >> say this from my own experience...Where La. Waterthrushes, Hoodeds, and
>> >> even Swainson's breed in close proximity, the ability for them to sound
>> >> similar to each other or blend into a back ground of mixed song is
>> >> amazing...I can not tell you how many times I have stood in the woods
>> >> trying to ID which I was hearing during breeding season where these 3
>> are
>> >> present, to this day. Perhaps its my lame ear but I suspect this is a
>> >> common problem with heard onlys of these southern breeders. It is
>> also
>> >> late to hear La Waterthrushes or Hoodeds singing, though I am sure
>> there
>> >> are exceptions. A mocker doing imitating a Hooded is something I guess
>> I am
>> >> still waiting to hear. All of the above breed here in the Lost Pines.
>> >>
>> >> **********************************************************************
>> >> Brush Freeman
>> >> 503-551-5150 Cell
>> >> http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
>> >> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Sean Paul Kelley <spkelley@xxxxxxxxx
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Why would a Hooded Warbler be singing in San Antonio on the morning of
>> >>> September 4th? (And I know, very, very well and excruciatingly what a
>> >>> Hooded Warbler song sounds like.) Or was I punked by a Mockingbird
>> doing
>> >>> a
>> >>> very, very good imitation of someone he or she had recently seen?
>> >>> Any thoughts?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sean Paul Kelley
>> >>> Central San Antonio
>> >>>
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