Folks, I caught the attached call sequence at my house east of Cleveland, Ohio, about 21:30 on the night of September 24. Thoughts from me and a couple of knowledgeable friends are Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Northern Mockingbird. A mockingbird would be a bit surprising here. I've seen two in my yard over the past 10 years, but I've never heard one calling in this part of the Cleveland area. They do breed in small numbers in a few locations around Cleveland, though, especially on the Lake Erie shore (about 6 km from my house as the mocker flies).
Interestingly, I caught this on my sky-pointing exponential horn, but not on my 21C, which suggests that the bird was quite high overhead (or it would have been picked up by both mics). I'd appreciate any thoughts about what this series might be. Because the whole sequence is a bit over a minute, I've attached it as an MP3 file and broken it into two pieces to keep the size within the listserv limits. Part 2 will be in a separate email. The two parts overlap at the (very obvious) chatter/click call. If anyone would like the .wav file, I'd be happy to send it along. Thanks, Laura Gooch -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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