2 weeks ago at LB, I heard (but never saw) a singing "Hooded Warbler".
When I got home, I played several versions of the song and satisfied
myself that it was IDed correctly. Today, I heard the same song, at the
same place, but stayed around to try to see the bird. After about 10
minutes it jumped up on top of its tree and continued singing, so I got
a good look at it. BUT IT WASN'T A HOODED WARBLER, IT WAS A COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT! I didn't know they did that -
"ah-wheet-ah-wheet-ah-wheet-E-o". All of its neighbors were sing more
or less normal song: "a-wichity a-wichity etc." Has anybody else has
encountered the aberrant song?
So much for birding by ear. The bird was still singing the same song in
the same place when I went by again about 2.5 hours later.
The Mourning Warbler was at the same place John Stup reportedly saw it
earlier, on Kingsley Trail near the skunk cabbage, not far from the old
schoolhouse. Marty Stevens was with me when it showed - we got a good
but brief view before it disappeared in some dense bushes.
Not many species seen; several surprising misses: no Veeries or Field
Sparrows. Complete list below.
Bob Hartman
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Parula 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Ovenbird 6
Common Yellowthroat 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 4
American Goldfinch 6 |