Hello!  I have some bird song that's been driving me crazy.
These clips were recorded in late June and late July along
the Paint Branch Stream Valley Park trail in College Park
(PG County).  They came from the same general vicinity both
times, near a deciduous tree on the edge of the clearing
created by the 2001 tornado (Cherry Hill Rd side).  I was
never able to find the bird.  A fellow birder happened by
one time and was also unable to make the ID.  Any help would
be appreciated.  I imagine it's mind-numbingly obvious, but
I'm stumped.  The recordings are available as two .wav files
at:

   http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/xfer/birdsong/

Let me know what you think!  I might describe the song as
"sweet sweet sweet dit dit" (reminiscent of Yellow Warbler
recordings I have, only stronger and slower).  You can
e-mail me off-list if you like; I'll post the final
solution.

-Derek

P.S. Typical birds found in the vicinity that might be
candidates include Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo
Bunting, and American Goldfinch.

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