Hi all, Shortly before noon today, I heard a very distinct and unfamiliar bird call in the yard here in Dryden (meadow with scattered shrubs and conifers). Merlin didn't register anything initially, then I looked at my phone and saw Northern Bobwhite listed while I heard the call. I resumed looking for the bird (unsuccessfully), then looked at the Merlin output again to find that Northern Bobwhite had disappeared entirely from the growing list of birds (all expected breeding species here). The call continued, yet Merlin never registered it again. I have no experience with this species, but the Northern Bobwhite sound recording on All About Birds matched what I heard beautifully. I never did see the bird, although I didn't have much time to search.
I'd love to hear some thoughts. Thanks, Kevin -- 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/ --
