[mou] RFI - Call Help

[Jim Barrett]

Could it be a White-winged Crossbill?  Here's a link to a sound file (uses Real Player): 
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/mediafiles/stream/blb/30435.RM
Jim Barrett
Duluth
> From: pastoral at princetonfreechurch.net> To: mou-net at moumn.org; mnbird at lists.mnbird.net; wisbirdn at lawrence.edu; BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:30:39 -0500> Subject: [mou] RFI - Call Help> > Had a call (song) this morning that I have not heard before (16 years of > birding in the Midwest), will attempt to describe.> > I was walking in the coniferous section of Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR > (near Princeton, MN) when a rolling song started about 100 yards to the east > (much louder than the Chipping Sparrows and Red-breasted Nuthatches around > me). The song continued as the bird (apparently) flew overhead, stopped > twice in the woods (again, apparently at the top of the 40+ foot coniferous > trees), then proceeded west.> > The song/call was loud (say, Hairy Woodpecker loud) - rolling - stayed on > the same pitch for 3-5 seconds, then would go up or down a half step, > calling again on a consistent pitch for another 3-5 seconds. On most > occasions (perhaps five minutes of listening), it would do a two pitch call, > then cease - although on one occasion I counted four changes up or down > (during flight). The song was never slurred. The space between notes was > similar to a slower Swamp Sparrow's song, but the notes themselves were > similar to - of all things - a Red Squirrel.> > I received an impression of a medium-sized to larger bird, but never had a > visual - and anyone who has listened to a Ruby-crowned Kinglet or Carolina > Wren knows how deceptive loudness of calls versus size comparisons can be.> > Any input (or questions) would be appreciated.> > Al Schirmacher> Princeton, MN> Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > > > > ---> This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html.> -----> To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a subject of unsubscribe.
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