For those interested in more about Hooded Warbler songs, the Birds of North America account describes two singing modes in Hooded Warbler: "repeat" mode and "mixed" mode:
Territorial males sing during the breeding season; males have several song types that differ in frequency range and number of notes (Godard 1991, Wiley et al. 1994). Males have 4–9 crystallized song patterns that can be divided into “repeat” versus “mixed” mode (see Fig. 3a). The repeat mode song consists of about 4–5 notes (rendered ta-wit ta-wit ta-wit tee-yo) and repeated at a rate of 5–6/min. Repeat mode songs end with either 1 or 2 high notes followed by a lower chevron-shaped note. The other 3–8 song patterns (Fig. 3b, c) are sung in an irregular sequence at a rate of 10–12/min (“mixed” mode). Repeat mode is used more frequently prior to attracting a mate. About 5% of males sing an atypical song type in repeat mode, but most attract mates. If you'd like to hear more recordings of Hooded Warbler, check out the Macaulay Library web site (www.macaulaylibrary.org), which has 76 recordings, including 15 from New York. Particularly interesting is this long recording from Mike Andersen, which includes "repeat" mode singing, chip notes, and "mixed" mode singing. Pretty cool recording! http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/125208/setophaga-citrina-hooded-warbler-united-states-new-york-michael-andersen Good listening, Matt Medler Ithaca ________________________________ From: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> To: Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] May 19 unidentified call Sounds like the alternate song of a Hooded Warbler. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: Hi all, >I posted last Sunday that I heard a call which I could not recognize. Here it >is. It was in a pine and mixed hardwood woods. To me it sounded that the bird >was feeding in the middle layers of the woods and moving. I did not spend time >to track it down as my friend's kids wanted to see the Hairy Woodpeckers. >There is also spectrogram of the sound on the Soundcloud if that is helpful. > >https://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/130519-01tewtewwhichwhich > >BTW, one of the kids is hooked to birds. My friend told me that early morning >while brushing he was commenting that he is hearing an unfamiliar bird! > >Any clues or suggestions are welcome. > >Cheers >Meena > > > >Meena Haribal >Ithaca NY 14850 >http://haribal.org/ >http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > >-- >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >Welcome and Basics >Rules and Information >Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >Archives: >The Mail Archive >Surfbirds >BirdingOnThe.Net >Please submit your observations to eBird! >-- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
