On a short walk around the Wilson trail loop north of the Lab pond at lunch time I found a silently foraging PHILADELPHIA VIREO in the willow at the pond outflow. Everything else seemed to be the normal breeders. (But, where are the redstarts?)
A Gray Catbird just outside the staff gate was singing a complex song that included a nearly perfect Alder Flycatcher song. I was fooled for a while until I realized the flycatcher only sang when the catbird did, and it was in the wrong habitat. I watched it sing and confirmed that it was the catbird. Very strange tonal shift in the middle of the song. I tried to get a video. I have the vocals, but not the visuals, I think. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
