Sounds like typical Townsend's Solitaire winter behavior - I was in eastern CA a few weeks back photographing them. They set up winter feeding territories, defending fruiting trees (Western Juniper where I was) from waxwings, robins etc. As part of that territoriality they sing/call through the winter.
Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 ________________________________________ From: bounce-72505622-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-72505622-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave K [fishwatch...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:40 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE still in same area and very cooperative from 10:30 to 10:45 when I left. Seems to be trying to get Cedar Waxwings out of it's territory and where the waxwings were the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE seemed to follow. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
