Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird song puzzle

2017-04-29 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Hi Betsy, I'm not musically inclined, but Diane and I used an app called Cadenza to verify the frequency and replicate the notes you described, using a recorder. We believe the bird you are describing may possibly be a Mourning Dove. The past few mornings, they have been singing repeatedly in

[cayugabirds-l] Bird song puzzle

2017-04-29 Thread Betsy Darlington
Yesterday morning and early evening, around our house and neighborhood east of Collegetown, I kept hearing a totally unfamiliar bird song. It was 3 to 7 or 8 repeated, loud, clear whistles, all on the same note (E of the E string on a violin). Very easy to imitate, so I whistled it a few times,