[TN-Bird] Re: Bird ID by song
- From: Cara Alexander <carabethalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 19:55:36 -0500
Just to throw out another possibility that occurred to me...
The White-throated sparrow's "old sam..." hits the correct notes if we're
talking musical notes on a scale relative to the "doe, a deer" hint... At
my house in Germantown (North Nashville) there's a white-throated sparrow
that frequently only sings those two notes, completely leaving off the
"peabody peabody peabody..." The sound is definitely deeper as well.
Cara Alexander
Nashville, TN
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I think Ms. Threadgill's description matches that of the American Robin's
> "dawn" song,
> especially when the bird gets that loping, repetitious gate going... the
> habitat in the
> Neely's Bend area is not likely to have Woodthrush, and I also agree that,
> though
> flute-like, it's song is much more complex than the description. It wasn't
> only the
> two note "doe-a-deer" (I believe the "deer" is a relative third above the
> "doe") part
> of the description that made me think Robin, but the fact that a "bass
> flute" was mentioned...
>
> In actuality of course, when heard closely the dawn song has much more to
> it than two
> notes, and actually is rhythmically more of slow "horse trot", but heard
> superficially from
> a distance sounds more like two notes of equal length. That's my two
> cents! I wish I could
> link to a recording to better explain what I'm babbling about.
>
> Good birding!
>
> Ed Schneider
> Nashville
>
>
> > Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Bird ID by song
> > From: sparverius@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 18:51:30 -0400
> > To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
> >
> > A Wood Thrush song certainly matches the flute-like part of the
> description and will stop you in your tracks, but does not match the
> description of two, equal-length notes.
> >
> > I focused on that part of the description which would greatly narrow
> down options. My first thought was the two-note 'fe be' version of a
> Carolina Chickadee song, but that goes down in pitch, not up. The 'tow-hee'
> call of a towhee or the 'feed me' of a phoebe certainly aren't flute-like.
> I'm assuming the two notes aren't repeated as in the 'Peter, Peter, Peter'
> of a titmouse. That left me with the 'peee-a-weee' of an Eastern Wood-Pewee
> which often sounds like two notes with the 'a' blending in with the 'peee'.
> Though I don't think I would ever describe it as flute-like.
> >
> > Dean Edwards
> > Knoxville, TN
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