[NatureNS] Mystery Birdsong ID? - Like an Operatic Bobwhite

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Hi Pat,
If it was in a marshy are you may consider a Sora?
Andy

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From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Subject: [NatureNS] Mystery Birdsong ID? - Like an Operatic Bobwhite


> I recently ran my Breeding Bird Survey route in the Annapolis Valley.  At 
> one of the early stops, I heard a song which I was unable to identify. 
> The first two notes were clear distinct whistles, the first a low note and 
> the second rising, and each at the same pitch as the two notes of a 
> Northern Bobwhite's song.  But their song is just two notes, whereas this 
> song went on to a more complex musical ending.  I've listened to all the 
> Bobwhite recordings on Dendroica, and there are no variations there with 
> long, slow endings.  I can't think of any other bird which might have such 
> a song, unless perhaps it was a mimic.  But there was no pattern of 
> variations in phrases, like a N. Mockingbird or a Brown Thrasher, and I 
> never heard a Catbird-like note.  There weren't even any Starlings around.
>
> I couldn't linger to try to find the bird at the time, but went back later 
> in the day to listen.  But by then it was hot and windy, and nothing was 
> singing.  If anyone else would like to try to find this mystery bird, I 
> heard it while stopped in front of house 4733 on highway 221.  This is 
> between Grafton and Welsford, i.e. between the Black Rock Road and the 
> Harbourville Road (hwy 360).  The bird was apparently singing  from a 
> thicket at least a hundred meters away, at the edge of a field south of 
> the highway.  It was singing at about 5:20 a.m. ...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
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