[NatureNS] Birdsong ID help needed!

Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:17:23 -0300
From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca>
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I have been bombarded over the past few weeks by a frequent, very 
monotonous birdsong from the trees surrounding my house and which I 
heard for the first time briefly last summer. So finally, at the risk of 
not recognising something terribly obvious, I'm seeking ID assistance:

The bird is very elusive, flitting around from tree to tree around my 
house, mostly high up and I have only once caught aglimpse high above me 
which was at least enough to confirm the bird's movements matched the 
calls. What I could see gave the impression of a sparrow-ish sized bird 
with a medium length beak, some yellow and ? a little white on the 
breast. I got the impression the wings were darker and possibly there 
was a hint of wing bars - but it was a very brief glimpse. I have tried 
with no success to match this with warbler, sparrow and any other 
similarcolour/sound description in my Peterson Field Guide and nowturn 
to NatureNS.

I have never before attempted togive an idea of a bird call, but here 
goes: aslowish husky/buzzy/raspy ascending *c**huuurrrrr* ending 
abruptly in aquick descending *cheow*endlessly repeated all day long.

Hopefully,
Eleanor Lindsay
Seabright, St Margarets Bay






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                          bird call, but here goes: a<font size="+1">
                            slowish </font>husky/buzzy/raspy <font
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                          <font size="+1">ending abruptly in a<font
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                              size="+1"> <font size="+1">endlessly
                                repeated</font> all day long.<br>
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                              <font size="+1">Hopefully, <br>
                                <font size="+1">Eleanor Lindsay<br>
                                  <font size="+1">Seabright, St
                                    Margarets Bay</font><br>
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