Geoff et al, To my ear, this sounds like the buzzy variation of Rose-breasted Grosbeak that is often given in fall (perhaps by immatures?). It has more of a liquid quality, and maybe a bit more of a rising inflection than is typical of Dickcissel. There are good examples of this call on the Evans & O'Brien CD-Rom.
Good listening, Michael O'Brien Michael O'Brien Victor Emanuel Nature Tours www.ventbird.com > On Sep 22, 2014, at 12:10 AM, "Geoff Malosh" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I heard the attached buzz-type call on the morning of Sept 19 during the very > large flight over the Pittsburgh suburbs I posted about a few days ago. My > first thought was Dickcissel when I heard in real time it but a few people > have commented that it doesn’t sound exactly right in the attached recording, > which is true. Northern Rough-winged Swallow was the other immediate thought > . . . any other possibilities? > > The call in question is at 2.6 seconds into the clip. The same or a different > bird sounds like it calls a few tenths of a second before that. Thanks for > any comments. > > Geoff Malosh > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > > > Geoff Malosh | Editor, Pennsylvania Birds > 450 Amherst Avenue | Moon Township, PA 15108-2654 | 412.735.3128 > [email protected] | http://home.earthlink.net/~pomarine/index.html > =========================================================================== > Pennsylvania Birds is published by the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology > Preview the latest issue: http://www.pabirds.org/pabirds/pb_sample.html > Subscription information: http://www.pabirds.org/PSOJoin.htm > > -- > NFC-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > <Unknown_20140919_060358+0515a.wav> -- 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/ --
