A few people were curious to know which bird made the repeated "mip" call from Hawthorn Orchard I recorded and posted last week:
http://suan-yong.com/sound/2020-05-15-hawthorn-mips-3.wav Although some have suggested merlin and sharp-shinned, which both definitely do a form of that repetition (along with several other raptors), I concur with Chris and Wee Hao who both said it was -- a Blue Jay. I kinda suspected blue jay, as they were certainly around, but thought the unchanging consistency of the call to be uncharacteristic of blue jays, who in my experience seem to always want to switch back to one of their other favorite vocalizations. I wonder whether it's a nesting-related vocalization. Suan -- 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/ --
