When I lived in KY, I birded a place called Berea College Woods, which is filled with Hoodeds. The HW has an array of songs over the course of the day, over the course of spring and summer--a very impressive singer. Over the years of listening, I think I came up with its having 4 distinct songs in that area, and once I heard it, as a coincidence probably, seeming to imitate a nearby parula. The song here, I believe, is what the top KY birder (Brainard Palmer-Ball) called its "11:00 song": often coming a little later in the day. Not that it stuck to a schedule--his name for it caused a good deal of amusement. Sadly, now, with the passage of time, I think I can only be relatively sure of its primary song--unless its a black-throated blue (what an interesting video). Tim
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From: Maryland Birds & Birding [] On Behalf Of Dan Haas []
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 12:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Getting Visuals on Singing Birds
Oddly enough, at Finzel late last spring I video'd this HOODED WARBLER
singing an odd tune as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervousbird/5777566684/
Maybe there is something in the water in that swamp that causes birds
to mix and match and jazz up their standard tunes?
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
St. Margaret's, MD
nervousbirdsatgmail.com
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Robert Ostrowski <> wrote:
> Matt's excellent post about the importance of getting visuals on
> Golden-winged/Blue-winged types on Old Legislative Rd reminded me of a
> recent experience with a different group of warblers. A few weeks ago, my
> brother Mike and I were walking at Finzel Swamp and heard a Hooded Warbler
> singing in the parking lot. Something seemed slightly off to me, whether it
> was a nuance to the song, or the habitat, or whatever, so I decided to
> track the singing bird down. When I found it on a branch, I was shocked at
> what I saw: a perfectly typical male Black-throated Blue Warbler. On our
> way back out of the swamp, we crossed paths with Jared and Victoria Fisher
> who had also heard the Hooded Warbler. We gave them the funny news that it
> was a Black-throated Blue Warbler. Thankfully, Jared was able to later
> track it down too and get some video footage of the bird singing. He posted
> it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIBTYmz1f_A
>
> I'm learning more and more not to take anything for granted!
>
> Rob Ostrowski
> Crofton, MD
>
>
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