Just following up since I said I would. I did confirm what others have already stated. Juvi Black Headed Grosbeak. I got them on video making the sound today.
John McConnell Evergreen, Jefferson CO On Friday, August 7, 2020 at 11:11:10 AM UTC-6, John McConnell wrote: > > I've been hearing that around our house now for several weeks. It somewhat > coincided with the return of a huge flock of evening grosbeaks. We also > live in a pine wooded area around 8400 ft. We have a few pairs of black > headed grosbeaks with young, several western tanagers, and every > woodpecker/nuthatch you'd expect here. After listening to sound samples > online, the closest thing I came up with was the evening grosbeak 'type 5' > sound. It doesn't have the little lilt or lift your sound sample has (which > is exactly like what I've been hearing at my house) but it's close. The > sounds come and go much like the flock of grosbeaks. Sometimes we'll hear > it all over, then it's gone. Our evening grosbeaks do make the more > traditional rasping gym teacher whistle type sound when they are on our > feeders. I've spent some time trying to ID who is making this sound and am > confident I will find the bird making this whistle soon and will let you > know for sure who it is. > > We only have a few goldfinches vist once or twice a year and they never > stay more than a few days so it's definitely not them. It's a loud sound > you'd expect from a grosbeak sized bird. > > John McConnell > Evergreen, Jefferson CO > > On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 5:13:14 AM UTC-6, Mike Britten wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> >> I really enjoyed Ted Floyd’s recent bird sound quizzes (I did not get the >> correct answers). I heard and recorded a new (to me) sound several weeks >> ago in my yard near Florissant Fossil Beds NM (west of Colorado Springs) >> which seems like a good candidate for a bird sound quiz. >> >> >> The recording is on my e-bird checklist for July 22nd at about 8AM ( >> https://ebird.org/checklist/S71722064). I saw several of the birds >> making this vocalization. I entered it as “unknown passerine” since e-bird >> doesn’t allow “unknown bird” (I am not saying it isn’t a passerine however). >> >> >> The area is an open ponderosa pine woodland with meadows all around at >> about 8,500 feet elevation. >> >> >> Does anyone know this species? I’ll be embarrassed if everyone knows it >> right off the bat, >> >> >> Mike Britten >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0811cb2f-11dc-40d1-adb7-7ff0fe19735do%40googlegroups.com.
