I too wondered about White-crowned Sparrow--prone to the occasional aberrant flight call, e.g.:
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/70518311 (a bird of known identity). That said, it looks and sounds like a Clay-colored Sparrow to me! Best, --Ted =================================== Ted Floyd Editor, *Birding* magazine Managing Editor, *North American Birds* Website: http://aba.org/birding Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine <https://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine> The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/ On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, John Kearney <john.kear...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Geoff, > > From my perspective, I wouldn’t rule out White-crowned Sparrow for this > call. It begins to rise quite quickly, it’s a bit long in length and low in > frequency for Clay-colored Sparrow. > > John > > > > Carleton, NS > > > > *From:* bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-2397172-53237...@mm.list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Geoff Malosh > *Sent:* October-14-17 17:50 > *To:* nf...@cornell.edu > *Subject:* [nfc-l] Clay-colored Sparrow? southwestern Pennsylvania > > > > Hi all, > > > > I recorded the attached clip in the early morning hours 11 October here in > southwestern Pennsylvania. It looks and sounds like a pretty good candidate > for Clay-colored Sparrow, which would be quite rare here and also represent > a first for my location. Are there any other more likely possibilities I > might be missing? > > > > It was a warm night so unfortunately there is a lot of cricket noise, but > the higher frequencies are fairly clean and can be isolated, at least. > > > > Thanks very much, hope everyone is having good listening this fall. > > > > Geoff > > > > Geoff Malosh > > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania > > www.flickr.com/photos/geoffmalosh/ > > > > -- > > *NFC-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > Birding.ABA.Org <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- NFC-L List Info: Welcome and Basics � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME Rules and Information � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave � http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archive � http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds � http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Birding.ABA.Org � http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NFC Please submit your observations to eBird! ��http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
