[TN-Bird] Re: Bird ID by song
- From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: karmachanic@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 12:12:00 -0400
Beverly,
Try looking up Eastern Towhee and listen to that song and see if it matches.
Rick
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Beverly Threadgill
<karmachanic@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm hoping that someone can help me ID a bird that hangs around my yard.
> I've never seen him or her, but the song stops me in my tracks. I'll try to
> describe: it has two notes, usually of the same length, and sounds like the
> most resonant bass flute ever. For the musical among us, the notes are on
> the one and the three notes of the scale. As a further clue, the song "Doe,
> a Deer" think of the notes on "doe" and "deer."
>
> A few weeks ago, I heard the same song, but with a very short first note
> and longer second note. Maybe a young'un learning? The good news: it was
> answered! I listened to two birds singing the same song back and forth.
> Mating song, maybe?
>
> I would say it's some sort of warbler, but I've been through a bunch of
> online warbler songs and didn't hear that particular song.
>
> I could never be called a serious birder, but I do love hearing them and
> seeing them. I live very near the Cumberland River (less than 1/4 mile) and
> my house is completely surrounded by trees and dense green growy things, so
> I hear lots of birds and only see the ones that stop by the feeders, or
> that I happen to glimpse in the sky.
>
> I really enjoy this list. Thanks to all who may know what this critter is.
>
> Beverly Threadgill-Robey
> Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee (Neely's Bend area)
>
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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