This morning on the Hoyt Pileated trail about 100 yards from the road I heard a call coming from the area between there and the power line cut. I'm not super familiar with the Sedge Wren call, so I listened to a few on Merlin. What I heard was very much like the second part of that bird's two-part call, but I didn't notice the first part. That is, the "machine gun" rattle and not the introductory phrase. I tried getting closer, but it didn't continue after about four repetitions.
There was a House Wren in that same spot, but I know what they sound like, and this wasn't one of them. I'm not confident enough to call it as a Sedge Wren, but I'm hoping that others in the area will keep an ear out for one. SSW was otherwise rather delightful this morning and included a Virginia Rail calling by the platform on the Wilson Trail. Among the other usual suspects (and already reported by others) was the Osprey, the Great Egret, a Northern Waterthrush, about 60 Rusty Blackbirds (yes really), Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler, many Yellow-rumped, and a Blue-headed Vireo. -Paul -- 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/ --
