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SEWR & Dickcissel retraction

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"J.B. Churchill"

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J.B. Churchill

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Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:24:38 -0400

I heard back from George Jett earlier today. He had a hard time with my
directions but eventually found the spot I posted about the other evening. 
He did not find a Dickcissel but instead found (and photographed) a 
SEDGE WREN at this location. After contemplating this bird that I tried 
for a long time to see and only ever heard, I'm comfortable saying that 
I'm not sure I heard a Dickcissel at all and that the song I heard probably 
does sound better for Sedge Wren. I'm probably going to go investigate 
further early tomorrow morning if nothing else comes up.

I'm shocked that I was fooled by this. I never expected these two to 
sound alike but the cadence is definitely very similar (though the sound 
quality is different). I guess you could say that "when it comes to bird 
calls, I don't know (insert 4-letter code for Dickcissel here)" !!!

J.B.


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