Sorry for the slow follow up. It’s not a toad, either, although I hear and see
Americans in my yard.
I’m not hearing the mystery voice this week, so it may have to remain a
mystery. I tried to get a recording on my phone, but of course the Voice Memo
is optimized for picking up human voices at close range, so I couldn’t pick up
anything.
Which brings me to another question—does anyone have an app or strategy for
recording bird sound on an iPhone? I’m not looking for archival quality, just a
way that I could capture a sound on the fly and play it back to identify it
later. There’s got to be something out there!
For now, I’m going to chalk up my mystery bird to a possible Screech-owl. It’s
the closes thing I can come up with, but I’m not sure it fits.
Thanks for the suggestion—and I’d still welcome other ideas!
Best,
Laura McCall
Tullahoma, TN
On May 2, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Stefan Woltmann <stefan.woltmann@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Laura,
Have you listened to various toad species (American, Fowler's)?
Stefan
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Laura Jennings McCall
<laurajmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:laurajmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I’ve had 2 Pine Siskins at the feeder today—a nice surprise! Still have at
least 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (4 males, 1 female), and I also spotted an
Indigo Bunting in the yard today.
I’m having trouble identifying a sound I keep hearing and would welcome
suggestions. It’s a soft tremolo, and I’m only hearing it in the middle of
the night or relatively early in the morning (probably not past 8:30 or so).
It’s lower and slightly slower than a Screech-owl; it has a different quality
that I can’t quite describe. But that’s my closest guess so far.
It isn’t a frog. I do have gray tree frogs calling, so I can verify that it
isn’t anything close to their tight, ringing trill.
Does anyone have ideas for what it could be?
Thanks,
Laura McCall
Tullahoma (Franklin County), TN
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Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology, and
Center of Excellence for Field Biology
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
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