It was brought to my attention that maybe I did *not* see a Golden-WINGED Warbler in my back yard; and then I realized I meant to write Golden-RUMPED Warbler. Thank you, Dave Nutter, for keeping us (me) accurate!!! So easy to make a slip of tongue, which carries through even when typing and had recently been reading up on the plight of the Golden-winged Warbler.
Dave helped me identify a GRW feeding amongst the seeds in a mature Sugar Maple in Fall of 2015, so I was very excited to see it back again, this time in Spring, and surprised to see it on the ground close to me! Such a beautiful bird!!! So beautiful, I had to paint it in a mural inside my front porch. Will post today on Facebook bird club page if anyone wants to see. It's amazing how every year I learn new things about my back yard. I am slowly learning to distinguish the difference between the mating call of a Dark-eyed Junco from a Chipping Sparrow. Last year, these two were driving me crazy as I thought I might have had a Pine or Palm Warbler calling somewhere. Now I see that it's these two birds, and they sound similar at times, but are very different. Also, how close or far away from me they are, seems to alter what I perceive and how I hear it. (Kind of like the ambulance siren effect? but the birds are not moving when they call their mating call.) When close, the Chipping Sparrow sounds more like junco. When farther away, more like a machine gun.... or maybe it's the other way around? I don't know! But I'm slowly learning, and it's so much fun to learn and read what you all are observing! -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
