Hi folks-- I almost forgot to ask you this, and now it may be too late.
After doing a birdcount in a closed property on Thursday morning, I stopped by the bridge on N. 61st/63rd St north of Hygiene Rd (the place where people often get the odd species like Winter Wren or Red-eyed Vireo, etc). I heard a song I had heard earlier in the spring (June) on the nearby closed property: it sounds to me like a Philadelphia Vireo. It could be a mellow Red-eyed, but since it is a bit unique, I thought I'd see if anyone else can go have a listen and let me know what you think. I'm as certain as I am capable of being (concerning birds) that it is a vireo spuh. It sings very short phrases with a 1 sec. pause between them (unlike Red-eyed, which kinda has a motor-mouth). It says, "See me? Pretty me? Dios mio!" and keeps on going with that type of intonation. Not annoying enough for a Warbling, not hoarsely dreamy enough for a Solitary (nor is it the right habitat). Whatever it is is breeding there: it's song was being echoed phrase by phrase by a bird further up the creek. Unless someone was doing a playback joke on me... Thanks for any comments-- Linda Andes-Georges central Boulder Cnty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/EDE303B5-BFE9-4DEA-8D65-0FC79E80FAA7%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
