Perhaps this one
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Alder_Flycatcher/id

Is similar to the "fitz-bew" of the willow?
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Willow_Flycatcher/id

Ryan



> I listened to the link that Kurt sent and also all of the tracks for
> Willow Fly on xeno canto but couldn't hear on any of them a song that was
> like a classic Alder song.  Perhaps someone can send a link to the type of
> song that Bob mentions as being Alder-like?
>  
> Regards
>  
> Clive Harris
> Cabin John MD
>
> --- On Thu, 5/20/10, Bob Ringler <> wrote:
>
>
> From: Bob Ringler <>
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Alder Flycatcher at Alpha Ridge Park
> To: 
> Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 8:18 AM
>
>
>    This morning I went to Alpha Ridge Park to look for the Alder
> Flycatcher that has been reported there for a number of days during the
> past week. What I found was a Willow Flycatcher doing all three of its
> song variations including its Alder-like three-note song. I also heard its
> "rip" and "whit" calls. I also heard a second Willow Flycatcher.
> Unfortunately very few people record the birds they believe to be Alder
> Flycatchers so I don't know what people were hearing here. There may well
> have been an Alder Flycatcher here but I could not prove it today. I am
> writing this note so that people are aware of the possibilities of
> misidentification of Willow Flycatcher vocalizations and to be very
> careful when you believe you hear an Alder. Video cameras are very good
> for recording songs even if you cannot see the bird. I have used this
> technique in the past to record Alder Flycatchers to be sure of the ID. I
> hope people will continue to visit this site to
>  add more opinions.
>
> Bob Ringler
> Eldersburg MD
> 
>