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Index of Subjects Hi Eleanor; Fox Sparrows sometimes come through people's yards in the Fall. Have you listened to their song? Cheers; Suzanne --- On Sun, 11/1/09, Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> wrote: > From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery birdsong > To: "NatureNS" <NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca> > Received: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 9:52 AM > My thanks (and apologies for the > delay in replying, due to friends visiting) to all who > offered suggestions about my mystery birdsong. > > The winter wren was one of the first possibilities I had > already checked with my Peterson disc, but its song was > quite different. Unfortunately I don't have a means of > recording sounds, but while I am very familiar with the > usual vocalisations of goldfinch, song and white throat > sparrows, Andy Horn's 'whispered songs of the song sparrow' > is an intriguing possibility - I do have some around now, as > I do every year, (though I have never registered this > particular song before) and I may well have seen one > in the vicinity of the 'mystery' song and dismissed it as > not being the source. > > So for the time being I'll go with Andy's 'whispered > songs'. The time of year is right, I have song sparrows > around and the 'whispering' captures the essence of what I > was hearing..... > > Eleanor Lindsay > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
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