I heard a Starling doing its imitation of a pewee today in fact in my yard. It's a pretty common imitation call for them.
Ross Geredien
Edgewater
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On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Jim Moore <epiphenomenon9...> wrote:
> Yes, this happens every spring. Starlings' imitations of birds are apparently seasonal in part, and they start imitating peewees when spring arrives. Given that propensity, any peewee song heard before May should be presumed to be an imitation unless the bird is actually seen.
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> Good birding!
> Jim Moore
> Rockville
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> On 3/30/2013 6:32 PM, JB Churchill wrote:
>> In support of Mike's remark, I've been fooled many times by starlings doing a very convincing rendition of a peewee.
>>
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>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Mike Hudson <birdman96...> <mailto:<birdman96...>> wrote:
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>> That should have said "not going outright". Spell-check is so
>> useful... When it works.
>>
>> Mike H
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>> From: "Denise Ryan" <screechowl...>
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>> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:04 PM
>> To: <mdbirding...> <mailto:<mdbirding...>>
>> Subject: [MDBirding] Eastern Pewee
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>> Gotta love birding by ear. Just heard my first eastern pewee
>> in the vicinity of my back yard in Cheverly, MD.
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>> Denise Ryan
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