And I was recently birding in the foothills where I watched a Red-tailed hawk flyover calling repeatedly. Merlin ID'd it as a Steller's Jay! Is that the opposite of mimicry?
Cheers, Chip Clouse Lakewood On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 7:46 PM Ajit Antony <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elena and everyone else. > Last year when I lived in New York and was involved in the 3rd (every 20 > year) NY State Breeding Bird Atlas, I was in an area where I had already > heard 2 Least Flycatcher calling and had seen each of them. Further along > the trail I heard a 3rd and in trying to see it realized and saw that it > was a earby Gray Catbird perfectly imitating 'che-beck' call of a Least > Flycatcher ! > > tinyurl.com/4dn2x5yy > > Out of curiosity I put on the Sound ID section of Merlin, and not > unexpectedly it identified it as the call of a Least Flycatcher. > > I did not then think of it as a deficiency of Merlin, but marveled at the > perfect ability of a mimid. > > Ajit Antony > Central Park, Colorado > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:41 PM elena <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Merlin is a wonderful tool, but it’s certainly not as good as experienced >> ears. I watched Merlin (and, I confess, myself at first) be fooled by a >> blue jay doing a dang good imitation of a Coopers Hawk. I thought the jays >> were doing a very good job but wanted to test Merlin, and, no surprise, the >> blue jay won. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Elena Holly Klaver >> Federally Certified Court Interpreter >> Conference Interpreter >> English <> Spanish >> 303 475 5189 >> >> Member: American Translators Association >> Colorado Translators Association >> Pronouns: she, her, hers >> >> I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), >> Cheyenne and Ute Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and >> that Colorado’s Front Range is home to many Native peoples. Reconozco que >> vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute, >> según el Tratado de Fort Laramie en 1851, y que el estado de Colorado al >> esté de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de muchos pueblos indígenas. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Colorado Birds" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en >> * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. >> Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate >> * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ >> --- >> 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/B1460656-FFC1-4539-B4D5-EEC53E10B816%40indra.com >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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/CAMr_4-BngCi2vBJtRSMvrySTm3vQ0D90xfwRQFL_hwWGwnf3cA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAMr_4-BngCi2vBJtRSMvrySTm3vQ0D90xfwRQFL_hwWGwnf3cA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CAPHVJehdwB5NmR-k1wWX0vdXYYNQeU707UiJGRTBiZ__6CCn0g%40mail.gmail.com.
