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Index of Subjects Thanks Suzanne; I checked out the fox sparrow's song on receiving your email (and I do tend to see one or two briefly each autumn) but it's definitely not that - too 'strong' a sound and too repetitive in comparison with this tiny, soft meandering voice I was hearing through September and early-mid October. Eleanor Suzanne Borkowski wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.39/2470 - Release Date: 10/30/09 15:18:00 > >
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