Both Chris Tessaglia-Hymes and Sandy Podulka suggested that the bird call I heard but could not identify was made by a Veery. Thanks to both Chris and Sandy for their helpful replies! - DS
Chris wrote: My suggestion for the descriptions you gave is the "veert" or "feeew" calls of the Veery. These are the most common call they produce during nocturnal migration, but which are also produced during the daytime when they aren't actively singing; often as an alarm call, too. Sincerely, Chris T-H Sandy wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy Podulka To: Donna Scott ; Cayuga Bird Club listserv Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Owasco Flats ...Perhaps your mystery bird call is a Veery. See if it sounds like the call at the end of this clip: http://allaboutbirds.org/guide/Veery/sounds Sandy Podulka At 11:45 PM 6/26/2012, Donna Scott wrote: snip Along the old RR part of the path, I heard a few birds I can't yet identify by sound, including one I have never heard: It called a plain sound - "yurr" or "your" with a faint buzzy undernote - called once with pauses in between calls. Can anybody tell me what bird this might be? snip Donna -- 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/ --
