Date:         Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:10:58 -0400
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From:         Bob Hartman <rhartman0@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: birdsong help?
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Thanks, June and Bonnie - I guess I can't rule out either of
these, although the song in question didn't seem rich enough
to be a thrush.  The tone quality seemed more like a Field
Sparrow; I've never encountered one singing this type of song,
but I guess anything is possible.

        Bob Hartman


June Tveekrem wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> Your description sounds to me like some Wood Thrushes I heard last year.
> They didn't sound like the "bee-o-lay" often quoted, but instead like
> "dee-doo-lee-doo-trill" where the trill was noticeably higher pitched than
> the rest of the song.
>
> Since people have been reporting Wood Thrushes lately, could that be what
> you heard?  It would also be consistent with your report that the bird was
> in second-growth vegetation, and apparently perched rather low (at least low
> compared to most warblers).
>
> =================================
> June Tveekrem
> Columbia, Howard County, MD
> tweekiebird@toadmail.com

Bonnie Ott wrote:
>
>     I have heard Field sparrows sing a wide range of songs. They do
> not always do the "ping pong ball song"-the ascending and accelerating
> typical song. They will sometimes break the song into parts (one or
> two), sometimes sing all on one level and they also go a dry trill. I
> always listen for tone, they have such a lovely musical quality.
>
> Bonnie Ott (field trip chair)
> Ellicott city, Howard County
> Maryland
> bonnie1163@comcast.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----

> > > From: Bob Hartman
> > > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> > > Sent: 4/20/2002 8:43 PM
> > > Subject: [MDOSPREY] birdsong help?
> > >
> > > Hi All - At Little Bennett this morning I heard (but never saw)
> > > a bird singing persistently that has me really puzzled.  It was
> > > a 3-part song, similar in pattern, but not in tone quality, to
> > > a Cerulean: a slow start, with the 2nd and 3rd parts
> > > progressively higher and faster, with the 3rd part a fast trill.
> > > Despite the similarity, it was like like no Cerulean I've heard
> > > before, either in person
> > > The most noticeable difference was tone quality, which
> > > was fuller and more musical, more like an oriole, but not an
> > > oriole pattern.  In addition, it didn't seem to rise in pitch as
> > > much as a Cerulean.
> > >
> > > The bird was at the top of the hill that is across the road
> > > from the schoolhouse, in the second-growth stuff, so it
> > > certainly wasn't Cerulean habitat.  I got pretty close (20-30
> > > feet est.) before it moved away, but I never saw it, either
> > > perched or flying, so it must have been low.
> > >
> > > Opinions are solicited.
> > >
> > > Also heard what seemed to me to be an unusual towhee song:
> > > 3 single notes followed by a trill, but with the second note a
> > > single short very high-pitched squeak.  Anybody heard this
> > > before?  Never saw that one either, although it was repeated
> > > a number of times.
> > >
> > >         Bob Hartman
> > >         Colesville, MD

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