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Index of Subjects Hi Eleanor, The whispered songs of Song Sparrows stumped me for years. Their continuous rambling, often barely audible, is most often given in fall and early spring, and is quite different from their more familiar loud chunks of sound, though it's interspersed with snatches of that territorial song now and then. Our resident male (at least, I suspect it's him) was particularly vocal this fall, deep in the hedges -- your description captures his sounds quite nicely. Though there's lots of other possibilities ... Cheers, Andy On 27-Oct-09, at 9:57 AM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote: > For the past few weeks I have been both enchanted and tantalised by > the most charming intermittent birdsong around my home. From the > volume it sounds like a very small bird and its thin, delicate, > somewhat wistfully haunting little melody meanders up and down for > quite long periods, but with (to me) no recognisable repetitions. > And despite being very clear where the singing is coming from, I > have never been able to pinpoint the bird. > > Do any of you have suggestions as to what it could be? I have > Petersons Eastern Birding by Ear, but have no idea about where to > start listening. I live close to the sea in a mixed conifer/ > deciduous setting with both wild and open, cultivated spaces. > > Any suggertions will be most welcome! > > Eleanor Lindsay, St Margarets Bay >
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