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On Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM, at 7:18 PM, Magnus Fiskesjo <magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu> wrote: >Hi! > >I am no expert but if a junco, it should be possible to spot? I've >stalked quite a few, to try and see if I can notice a difference >between them and Chipping sparrows. And in my experience at least, both >species tend to sit at the outer end of a branch when singing, often "2 >o'clock", less often "12 noon" like you saw. I've discovered that >mobilizing some patience, to scan possible locations around the trees >in the direction of the sound, especially outer ends of branches midway >up, one can often find the singing bird at last. It can be maddening >because they tend to be in "visible yet hard-to-spot" locations and >I'll often say, how come I did not see if before. I guess to see it one >has to enter that special yoga trance state of bird watching which is >hard to achieve. > >My 5 cents! > >If it's a junco it's an unusual voice for it! >Magnus Fiskesjö >n...@cornell.edu >________________________________________ >From: bounce-123668894-84019...@list.cornell.edu >[bounce-123668894-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ken Haas >[waxw...@htva.net] >Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2019 5:48 PM >To: Barbara Bauer Sadovnic >Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L >Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Help with bird song? > >Hi Barbara, > >In the newest version (V2) of the Sibley app for iPhone/iPad, under the >Dark-eyed Junco species account, there are several recordings of songs >and calls. But there is one, which was recorded by our own Bob Mcguire >in NY, that sounds the closest to your bird. The second trill on the >bird in his recording is a bit truncated from your bird's song. So, I >agree with the others that a Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored, is my best >guess, too. > >Ken Haas > > > >On Jun 8, 2019, at 4:49 PM, Barbara Bauer Sadovnic wrote: > >Thank you all for the replies. > >Asher, Sandy, Laura, and Meena suggest dark-eyed junco. Laurie >suggests bluegrass gnatcatcher, or one of the little flycatchers,willow >or alder. My one glimpse could have been a junco, but it really was >just a glimpse. > >The song has been very consistent all three days I heard it - a high >trill, then a trill about a major third higher. That’s what it does! > >It’s in a smallish grove/hedgerow between two fields, with a larger >grove acrosss the road. It sings from a place I can’t spot, except for >the one time I saw it, when it was singing from the top of a dead tree >at the side of the road. Some of the time it was in walnut trees. > >On Jun 8, 2019, at 3:44 PM, Sandy Podulka ><s...@cornell.edu<mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote: > >A bit puzzling. The song trill seems to have two parts? A lower part >and then a higher part? It is not a typical song of any birds around >here. But, perhaps it is an odd Junco song. Could it be a Dark-eyed >Junco? What is the habitat like and where is the bird singing from? >Another option might be Chipping Sparrow. > >Sandy > >At 02:14 PM 6/8/2019, you wrote: >This bird has been on Tucker Rd. in Enfield since Friday May 31, at >least. I only got a brief look at it, on Tuesday - small and backlit - >grayish, clear pale breast, shortish tail. But the song is >distinctive. 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