[wisb] Re: FW: Re: Waukesha Co. call ID help
- From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 06:01:27 -0500
Chris and Mike-
If you listen closely to the first recording, Chris, you can hear all the
classic E. Towhee song parts - higher "Drink", lower "your", and higher,
trilled "teeaaaa". Then a Robin kicks in with a descending higher note.
As for the second, I have to agree with most people here, Traill's
Flycatcher. I don't have enough recent experience to call it Willow or Alder
one way or another, but it "feels" more Alder-like. Which one would be more
common in the Kettle Moraine? Or is that an overlap area?
Jesse Ellis
Madison, Dane Co.
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> The second bird is most definitely a "Trail's" Flycatcher. Very likely
> Alder, tho Willow can make a similar sound (I personally am voting for Alder
> due to the last note of the "reer" being lower than that of a Willow and the
> phrasing isn't quite right for Willow.)
>
> As for the first bird, I'm not sure where people are getting Towhee out of
> that one. That's not like any Towhee I've ever heard. Usually, on Towhees,
> the 3rd note rises, or at least trills. On this bird, the 3rd note falls and
> is whistled. Rather inconsistent with Towhee unless this is a known call of
> a particular bird that I'm not familiar with. The actual musical pattern
> does fit Towhee in the fact that it appears to be 3 whistled notes.
> Although, I am detecting either a slight trill in the second note or maybe
> even a 4th note. Perhaps there's a trill at the end that isn't being picked
> up by the recorder?
> At any rate, it musically fits Towhee so I guess we can leave it at it
> being a wacky alternate song of some kind (Towhees have so many variations
> as it is....)
>
>
>
> Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County
> http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto
>
> "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its
> first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again
> inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living
> things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before
> such a one can be again."
>
> (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906)
>
>
>
> > From: rory_cameron@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx; wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [wisb] Re: Waukesha Co. call ID help
> > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 22:21:21 -0500
> >
> >
> > The second bird may be a Veery giving its call - "veer". They are found
> in wet habitat.
> >
> > The first, as Erik indicated, is an Eastern Towhee.
> >
> > Rory Cameron
> > Chippewa Falls
> >
> >
> >
> > "We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it
> and understand it are the people who own it庸or a little while." Willa
> Cather
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [wisb] Waukesha Co. call ID help
> > > Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 21:32:03 -0500
> > >
> > > First off real quick we went to the Delafield Farmer's Market. I think
> the park there is some kind of veterans memorial park. Not sure of the name
> but may be Cushing Park. But lots of birds singing Saturday morning. Pretty
> sure I heard multiple warbling vireos but I hadn't planned on finding birds
> there and hadn't brought my binocs. Oh well. I think I also saw a merganser
> (hooded I guess) in the fish hatchery pond there. But a cool place to check
> out and I may have to head back there. Nice streamside paths.
> > > Went for a hike this afternoon in Kettle Moraine South from the
> unmarked Stark Rd. to Wilton Rd. My car said it was 92 but it didn't feel
> that hot. Pretty hot but humidity was not terrible and I found it relatively
> pleasant. Started out in some woods and saw the formations known as Brady's
> Rocks but most of the hike after that was very wet tall grassy areas, with I
> think some oak savannah at the end. Saw numerous sandhill cranes and other
> common stuff. Was more of a hike than a bird watching excursion, but I did
> stop a couple times when I heard some calls I didn't recognize. Spent time
> tonight going through many calls but I am not sure about either of the
> following. If anyone has any thoughts let me know. These are short YouTube
> links. May want to turn the volume up. I was not too close to either of
> these birds (didn't want to tread far off the trail) and did not see either
> but would love to know what I was hearing.
> > >
> > > 1. This one sounded unusual to me. Sounds like "hee-hoo" and then it
> quickly collapses into a short metallic trill. Totally clueless on this one.
> Would call frequently, every few seconds.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/37klmrk
> > >
> > > 2. This one I heard amongst the noise of numerous RW blackbirds and
> other birds. It would call pretty infrequently but regularly, so if I waited
> I would hear it again, maybe every 10 seconds. Sounds like a flycatcher to
> me, almost like a phoebe in voice, but every time I listened I heard only
> one syllable that sounded like "rear" and that was in and then in 10 seconds
> "rear" again. This was in a very wet grassy area, seemed to be coming from
> some tall grass. So based on habitat I'd probably say willow flycatcher, but
> the one syllable I was hearing leaves me unconvinced. So I couldn't match it
> up with anything. Any thoughts? Here is one "rear" I heard:
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/353alex
> > >
> > > -Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
> > >
> > > ####################
> > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin
> Birding Network (Wisbirdn).
> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> > > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> > > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn
> .
> > >
> > >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> Hotmail.
> >
> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5####################
> > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin
> Birding Network (Wisbirdn).
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.
> >
> >
>
> ####################
> You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding
> Network (Wisbirdn).
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
> //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
> Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.
>
>
>
--
Jesse Ellis
Madison, Dane Co, WI
####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding
Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn.
Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.
Other related posts:
