In light of an offline conversation with T-H, I want to amend my observation to Cuckoo sp. until someone gets a visual. He has come across Black-billed doing single call series in the past, whereas I thought they were usually double (cu-cu cu-cu) patterned. Considering all the other strange variability in other bird vocalizations this year, I’ll hedge my bet.
What I heard was a ‘kwolp” not a “coo” note, repeated as I described earlier, that is spaced single notes maybe 1 sec apart for 6-8 repetitions, in 3 sets spaced about 30-60 sec apart. I moved toward it as quickly and quietly as I could so I could be sure it wasn’t a Gray Squirrel and am convinced it was not. Anne’s observation is good to hear: at least we likely heard the same thing whatever it is! ChrisP -- 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/ --
