Several people have written to suggest I heard a Pine Siskin, and I listened to all four recordings on the Macaulay Library, and none match. What I heard matches Northern Parula (first place) and Pine Warbler (second place)....I"ll try to record on my phone next time.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Sandy <sandra.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know it's early for a parula. Have there been any reports? But I think > I heard a parula (FOY) calling from up high In a pine tree on the west side > of the high school close to the creek today about 10AM. There were two > sounds. First one was a pulsing cricket or cicada-like sound, second one a > long-stretched out and higher pitched zipper-like sound. > > I heard similar sounds nearby in my neighborhood nearby last year all > spring! And I could not figure it out until fall when a parula was > confirmed! > > Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --