Lynn and I visited the Fairfax County parkland W of Pleasant Valley Drive this
morning, targeting the big fields near the intersection of the NE-SW and NW-SE
powerlines.
Field highlights: Y-B Chat (seen singing), Blue Grosbeak (seen singing),
Prairie Warbler, Brown Thrasher
Wood highlights: Wood Thrush
We both heard an intriguing cluck call, repeated several times, as we followed
the narrower powerline cut through the woods, around 6:20 AM or so. Nothing
like anything we know. Best guess, and it's a long shot, is an "alternate"
Wild Turkey sound, i.e., not the regular gobble.
Does anyone know of an on-line resource where I can specifically dial up male /
female / immature / mating calls? I've already tried the Macaulay library, and
the several Turkey recordings I tried there all sounded more or less like the
familiar gobble sound.
-Steve Johnson & Lynn Rafferty
Fairfax, VA
Elklick Woodlands Natural Area Preserve, Fairfax, US-VAEastern Wood-Pewee 2 only heard by Lynn
Jun 22, 2014 6:15 AM - 7:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: cloudy, calm, 65 deg F. walk from Pleasant Valley Drive past
gas pump station, and back
22 species
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 only heard
Downy Woodpecker 1 only heard
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard and seen
Red-eyed Vireo 1 heard and seen
Blue Jay 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Wood Thrush 1 only heard
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 5 only seen by Steve
Common Yellowthroat 1 only heard
Prairie Warbler 1 heard only
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 saw and heard for a long time. strange sounds.
Eastern Towhee 1 only heard
Field Sparrow 1 only heard
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
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