Hi! I am no expert but if a junco, it should be possible to spot? I've stalked quite a few, to try and see if I can notice a difference between them and Chipping sparrows. And in my experience at least, both species tend to sit at the outer end of a branch when singing, often "2 o'clock", less often "12 noon" like you saw. I've discovered that mobilizing some patience, to scan possible locations around the trees in the direction of the sound, especially outer ends of branches midway up, one can often find the singing bird at last. It can be maddening because they tend to be in "visible yet hard-to-spot" locations and I'll often say, how come I did not see if before. I guess to see it one has to enter that special yoga trance state of bird watching which is hard to achieve.
My 5 cents! If it's a junco it's an unusual voice for it! Magnus Fiskesjö [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Ken Haas [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2019 5:48 PM To: Barbara Bauer Sadovnic Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Help with bird song? Hi Barbara, In the newest version (V2) of the Sibley app for iPhone/iPad, under the Dark-eyed Junco species account, there are several recordings of songs and calls. But there is one, which was recorded by our own Bob Mcguire in NY, that sounds the closest to your bird. The second trill on the bird in his recording is a bit truncated from your bird's song. So, I agree with the others that a Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored, is my best guess, too. Ken Haas On Jun 8, 2019, at 4:49 PM, Barbara Bauer Sadovnic wrote: Thank you all for the replies. Asher, Sandy, Laura, and Meena suggest dark-eyed junco. Laurie suggests bluegrass gnatcatcher, or one of the little flycatchers,willow or alder. My one glimpse could have been a junco, but it really was just a glimpse. The song has been very consistent all three days I heard it - a high trill, then a trill about a major third higher. That’s what it does! It’s in a smallish grove/hedgerow between two fields, with a larger grove acrosss the road. It sings from a place I can’t spot, except for the one time I saw it, when it was singing from the top of a dead tree at the side of the road. Some of the time it was in walnut trees. On Jun 8, 2019, at 3:44 PM, Sandy Podulka <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: A bit puzzling. The song trill seems to have two parts? A lower part and then a higher part? It is not a typical song of any birds around here. But, perhaps it is an odd Junco song. Could it be a Dark-eyed Junco? What is the habitat like and where is the bird singing from? Another option might be Chipping Sparrow. Sandy At 02:14 PM 6/8/2019, you wrote: This bird has been on Tucker Rd. in Enfield since Friday May 31, at least. I only got a brief look at it, on Tuesday - small and backlit - grayish, clear pale breast, shortish tail. But the song is distinctive. It was singing again today, but I couldn’t see it! What is it? https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6ejwayrd1x8sva/Tucker%20Rd%20bird%206-4-2019.m4a?dl=0 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm<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/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
