Compared to this call the flycatcher is fuzzy - or thin and squeaky might be
a better description. Also much too fast and compressed. This call is fuller
and louder than the Chickadee's feebee but that's closer than the
flycatcher. The second note is 2-4 times longer than the first. The Oriole
is as close as I can come thus far - maybe "crisp" isn't quite right but the
notes are distinctly separate. It's comparable in volume to a Carolina
Wren - I found the area where the bird seemed to be singing from was a good
distance from where I thought it was originally.

Thanks for helping - I'm glad to find the answer is not obvious.

fdp

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Fred Pierce (DNRC)- 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Jay Keller
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:00 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] mystery bird song
>
>
> Fred,
>
> Did you listen to the Acadian Fly song on your CDs?  Nothing fuzzy about
> that call.  I would not describe any Oriole call as "crisp" however.
>
> Jay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Pierce" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] mystery bird song
>
>
> > I had two votes for Acadian Flycatcher but no, this bird is loud and
> clear -
> > no fuzzy flycatcher characteristic. More like an Oriole - a couple of
> times
> > I've thought I'd heard one in the morning but the song didn't last long
> > enough to tell. Do either Orioles have a call note like what I describe?
> >
> > fdp
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Fred Pierce (DNRC)- 
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> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > > Behalf Of Jay Keller
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 7:07 PM
> > > To: 
> > > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] mystery bird song
> > >
> > >
> > > Sounds like an Acadian Flycatcher.
> > >
> > > Jay Keller
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Fred Pierce" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 7:06 PM
> > > Subject: [MDOSPREY] mystery bird song
> > >
> > >
> > > > OK - I give up. For the last couple of days I've been hearing a bird
> > > morning
> > > > and evening that I can't figure out. It seems to be singing,
> > > but it sounds
> > > > more like a call. Pattern is similar to a Towhee's towee but
> > > two distinct
> > > > notes, much louder and more crisp. A quick A note followed by an E
> might
> > > > describe it.
> > > >
> > > > Also getting Black Throated Greens and/or Blues - I still a have
> trouble
> > > > keeping them sorted out, and a few White Throats singing. Found
> > > a pack of
> > > at
> > > > least a dozen of them scratching around this morning. Isn't it late
> for
> > > > them?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any clues on the mystery bird - it's starting to
> get to me.
> > > Went
> > > > through the Stokes CD's with no luck.
> > > >
> > > > fdp
> > > >
> > > > Clary's Forest II Columbia MD
> > > >
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> > > > Fred Pierce (DNRC)- 
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> > >
> >
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