Posted by Luke Ormand on September 9, 2009 at 8:40 PM
I figured I'd keep the ID requests rolling. Spotted this guy briefly at Avalon Preserve in Stony Brook. Seemed to be feeding on small berries along with several cardinals. There was a distinct call, but it may have been coming from a different species. I believe it is about the size of a chickadee, but you birders should get this pretty easy. Thanks in advance.
- Luke
Posted by Luke Ormand on September 9, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Ok... I just did a google search, thinking it might be a warbler - typed in "black and blue warbler" looks like it's a Black Throated Blue Warbler but I'll let you guys confirm!
Posted by Luke Ormand on September 9, 2009 at 9:05 PM
I had my iphone on me but didn't think to do this. I heard a screech owl for the first time the other night and couldn't figure out what it was and thought about recording but was too lazy to get out of bed. The next day I asked my boss (a skilled birder) what bird makes a higher pitched, faster call than a dove. He said "screech owl" pretty amazing!
- Luke
Posted by Mia McPherson on September 9, 2009 at 9:30 PM
It looks like a male Black-throated Blue Warbler to me.
Great thread, guys!
You may know about this, but this is a great site for bird stuff - for those with I-pods, there is an app with bird ID's and calls - very very cool!
www.birdjam.com
Cheers -
Sandy r
Posted by Jim DeWitt on September 10, 2009 at 12:40 AM
What Cindy said. Of course, before there were dictaphones there were sketch pads and pencils. Those of us who have birded for a in the ancient, pre-iPod days, were taught to make a drawing, no matter how bad, with notes on plumage details, bill, length of wings versus tail, as well as field notes. My drawings are very bad, but most of the time it gives me enough to ID when things slow down.
Now when you are in a mixed foraging flock, you just do the best you can...
When I was in Ecuador this past winter, all of the guides used iPods for calls. It is a very fast way to find a call when you need to hear it. They also use them to call birds in - not all birds respond - which I suppose is okay in Ecuador but would raise eyebrows in many places here.
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- Luke
You may know about this, but this is a great site for bird stuff - for those with I-pods, there is an app with bird ID's and calls - very very cool!
www.birdjam.com
Cheers -
Sandy r
Now when you are in a mixed foraging flock, you just do the best you can...
When I was in Ecuador this past winter, all of the guides used iPods for calls. It is a very fast way to find a call when you need to hear it. They also use them to call birds in - not all birds respond - which I suppose is okay in Ecuador but would raise eyebrows in many places here.