Yesterday at 445 hours I recorded my Catbird singing. His song was slow paced, clear and confident. He continued to sing next three hours almost non-stop, except when he went to try some moths at my moth sheet, which were scarce. By 700 hours I realized his song's tempo has changed. His notes were coming faster and his throat was getting hoarse. I felt really sorry for this poor little guy. He continued for another hour before he stopped.
Today I was near Nevin center during lunch time where a Pine Warbler was singing. So I stopped to listen. Initially, he was giving typical Pine Warbler song, then he changed his tone and his song was slower. He gave me four variations in his song just in two minutes. I was honored by this! Unfortunately, I did not record it. Here is cuts of Catbird at 445 hours and 700 hours. https://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/catbird-at-445 https://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/catbird-at-700 In the morning I heard a mimicry of Cedar waxwings. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
