[wisb] Re: Waukesha Co. call ID help
- From: Erik Bruhnke <birdfedr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 20:14:42 -0700
Mike,
That southern portion of the Kettle Moraine is absolutely gorgeous :) As for
the call/songs... The first one is an Eastern Towhee giving it's
drink-your-teeee song. The 'drink' part of the song is barely audible on
your recording, but if you listen closely there that little introductory
note of the 'drink' going into the 'your-teeee', the teee part being the
metallic trill. The Eastern Towhee is a beautiful bird for sure :) Out here
in Oregon I've been hearing and seeing Spotted Towhees all over the plots,
and they sound similar but lack the introductory notes of the Eastern
Towhee.
For your second bird, I'm not exactly sure of the identification on that
bird. It has the tone/voice-quality of an Alder Flycatcher. The Alder
Flycatchers typically have a "Freee-beer"-sounding song. Your bird
definitely has the 'beer' part of the song, with that Alder-like tone. My
thoughts are that it could be an Alder Flycatcher leaving out the 'freee'
part of the song. Also the habitat sounds right for both Alder and Willow
Flycatcher. From the Willow Flycatchers I've been hearing out here, and the
few I've heard back in the midwest, they typically have a grouchy
"Fitz-beew" song and quality. Many flycatcher species are known for having
relatively considerate durations between each song sung, whereas the Towhees
are typically very vocal, and seem to enjoy singing-singing-singing and
calling-calling-calling much, even in mid-day from what I've seen.
Hope this helps! Good birding,
Erik Bruhnke
Cottage Grove, OR
NATURALLY AVIAN - Bird photography and guided bird hikes
www.pbase.com/birdfedr
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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
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