Hi all, This is an aberrant song from a Louisiana Waterthrush that's living in that area. Bob McGuire found it in April and made several recordings, then Jay McGowan and I took a trip up to record it as well. It's a cool bird!
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:57 AM Sandy Podulka <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I checked Leonard Rd. yesterday near Shindagin Hollow but found no Acadian > Flycatcher (rats!). It's a beautiful drive up--so thanks to Stuart and > Anne Marie for inspiring me to visit. I did hear a mystery bird, which I > recorded with my cell phone (sorry!)--see link (you don't have to join Drop > Box to listen--just click continue at the bottom). The bird sings right at > the beginning, and then near the end, around 18 seconds in. > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/x93e1mjpyyv49ap/Mystery%20Bird%20Song%20from%20Leonard%20Road%206-1-16.mp3?dl=0 > > This bird was singing loudly and clearly right in front of me for a long > time, moving around [apparently in underground tunnels, as I never even had > a glimpse of movement!]. I'm guessing it's a Louisiana Waterthrush, because > of song quality and loudness and habitat, but it sure is an odd variant! > > I could not tell if the bird was singing from high or low. It was a > deciduous woods on a slope with a lovely stream nearby. Other Louisiana > Waterthrushes were there, as reported by Anne Marie Johnson. > > What do others think? > > Sandy Podulka > Brooktondale > -- > *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/ --
