This afternoon I saw a warmish-brown version of a Gray-cheeked Thrush (not a Swainson's because there was not a prominent eye-ring nor a buffy face) in Washington Grove at Cobbs Hill Park. It did not sing but I watched as it called. At home, admittedly several hours later, I had my husband play both Bicknell's and Gray-cheeked calls without telling me which he was playing. I picked Bicknell's as the one I had heard. I am not familiar with the Gray-cheeked call and had not previously played these recordings, which I found online from Cornell's library of sounds. The calls, to my ear, are admittedly very similar, so I may have just been lucky. The bird was near the center of the woods.
I've posted to Cayugabirds in case anyone from Cornell has comments. Cobbs Hill Park is in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe. Pat Martin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
