Re: Bird Song ID

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:01:45 GMT
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If not a Chickadee, another two-noted song is Eastern Phoebe, but that
is another rather common bird. White-breasted Nuthatch might work also. Perhaps if she described how the song was different from some of
these, someone might get an idea.
Alan French wrote:
> "Maurice Barnhill" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> news:email-address-deleted...
>
>>Alan French wrote:
>>
>>>A friend recently heard a bird (in upstate NY) with a song she described
>>
> as
>
>>>a slow "ROB-ert" or "ROB-bert." I know this is not much to go on, but
>>
> does
>
>>>anyone have any guesses? And is there a place on the web with sound
>>
> files
>
>>>so she could check out any leads?
>>>
>>
>>It could easily be a Black-capped Chickadee. There is a sound file in the
>>Patuxent collection at
>>http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/songlist.html
>
>
> Maurice,
>
> Thanks. I will pass it along - but I think my friend is familiar with most
> of the common birds around here and their songs. (Probably a point I should
> have mentioned.)
>
> Clear skies, Alan
>
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Maurice Barnhill
email-address-deleted [not bellatlantic.net]
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716