Several years ago at Salt Point I heard a Brown Thrasher include Whip-poor-will in its repertoire. I wondered if the mimid had heard the nightjar at that location. Similarly last year (I think) where a Whip-poor-will had earlier called near The Strand in Lansing, a Gray Catbird give a similar but imperfect call, perhaps having only just learned it from the bird (or from birders' playback attempts) wiith little opportunity for rehearsal. It each case it was a bit like hearing an echo of a bird that had probably moved on.
--Dave Nutter On Apr 29, 2015, at 06:30 AM, Susan Fast <sustf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > on my morning walk yesterday, I heard a BROWN THRASHER doing a credible > imitation of a whip-poor-will. First time I've heard one doing that. > > Steve Fast > Brooktondale > -- -- 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/ --
