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Milford Mill Singing Gray-cheeked Thrush

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Steve Sanford

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Steve Sanford

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Sat, 26 May 2007 14:18:31 -0500

Keith Costley called me yesterday morning to say he heard and saw a 
singing Gray-cheeked Thrush at Milford Mill  Park Friday in the early 
morning. I went down in the later morning and heard some singing and got 
some good looks at it. It's only perhaps the third time I ever heard 
one, the other two times being in Pete Webb's yard nearby some years 
back.

It was still there this morning (Saturday), seen and heard by Mark 
Linardi and me. I actually went down early at 6:45AM (which will shock 
anyone who knows me) to get a recording. The bird was singing more 
vigorously than in late morning yesterday and the traffic noise was 
less, so I got an acceptable recording for ID purposes, especially after 
applying some heavy-duty noise filtering on the computer.

Unfortunately the bird is in the noisiest part of the park. If you are 
going clockwise around the trail it likes the shady area between the 
path and the stream near the very first bench and before the first open 
area leading down to the stream, i.e. within about 200 feet of the 
parking lot. The song unfortunately is very low-volume and nasal, so 
it's a challenge to hear it.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown MD
scartan ^at^ verizon ^dot^ net