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Re: bird song ID help

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L Colangelo

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:10:13 -0400

To me, it sounded a bit like an acadian flycatcher, esp. with that little
"whip" at the end.  Please post what most people think;  I'd love to see the
results.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek C. Richardson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] bird song ID help


> 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.
>
> --
> Derek C. Richardson, Ph.D. (CANTAB) ________
> Astronomy, U Maryland, College Park MD 20742
> Tel: Office 301-405-8786 Fax 301-314-9067 __
> Home page: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/ __