I should add that in all the years I spent scouting for the World Series of Birding in New Jersey, in similar mixed hardwood forests at High Point and Stokes State forest, we couldn't buy a junco! Nearly all the trillers there are Chipping Sparrows, even in the deep forest (apparently due to the over browsing by deer), but I recall one time I was very excited to hear a very "dreamy" trill coming from a hemlock ravine -- I spent about 30 minutes tracking it down (before the iPhone days) and I was surprised to find a Worm-eating Warbler! Very humbling indeed.
KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> On Jun 2, 2013, at 2:33 PM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com<mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote: Ken's accounts of birds responding to the calls of other birds reminds me of a time a couple of years ago when I made the trek from Station Road to search for Worm-eating Warbler. From the top of the ridge, after listening for a while to some distant trilling, I played the Worm-eating song. Who should come flying in but a Junco. That's when I gave up trying to identify Worm-eating by sound. And Ken, thanks for suggesting Yellow-rumped Warbler as the source of Suan's mystery bird. I was on Paul's trip this morning. That was my second guess, after my first guess was rejected. So, "Paul, the envelop please . . . ." Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
